US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on April 29 for "Fuel cell system and method for manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,914, issued on April 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Fuel cell system and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Hideharu Naito (Wako, Japan), Takashi Takura (Wako, Japan) and Izumi Sugiyama (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opening is formed at an end portion of a stack case that houses a fuel cell stack. A unit cell constituting a fuel cell stack is provided with a cell voltage detection terminal at a position facing an opening. A conductor extends from the cell voltage detection terminal. The opening is covered with a porous cover that is formed with a plurality of through-holes. The poro...