US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on May 27 for "System for fuel cell membrane edge protection via a gas diffusion layer including patterned wettability" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,973, issued on May 27, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System for fuel cell membrane edge protection via a gas diffusion layer including patterned wettability" was invented by Yeh-Hung Lai (Oakland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for fuel cell membrane edge protection includes a fuel cell including a fuel-cell membrane-subgasket assembly. The assembly includes an anode gas diffusion electrode and a cathode gas diffusion electrode configured for facilitating an electrochemical reaction. The reaction creates water as a by-product. The assembly further includes a proton exchange membrane di...