US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on June 3 for "System and method for preventing iron from infusing into a proton exchange membrane in a fuel cell" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,840, issued on June 3, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for preventing iron from infusing into a proton exchange membrane in a fuel cell" was invented by Paul T. Yu (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Craig S. Gittleman (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for minimizing iron infusion in a fuel cell includes a catalyst coated on proton exchange membrane (CCM) having a plurality of side edge portions. The CCM includes a membrane having a first planar side and a second planar side, an anode on the first planar side of the membrane, and a cathode on the second planar side of...