US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 8 for "Fuel cell having an energy attenuating bead" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,113, issued on July 8, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Fuel cell having an energy attenuating bead" was invented by Yeh-Hung Lai (Oakland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system includes a plurality of stacked bipolar plate assemblies. Each of the plurality of stacked bipolar plate assemblies includes a first subgasket including a first peripheral edge. The first subgasket supports a first membrane electrode assembly (MEA). A second subgasket including a second peripheral edge. The second subgasket supports a second MEA. A bipolar plate is disposed between the first subgasket and the se...