ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,706, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HyET Holding B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands).
"Solid-state electrochemical compressor" was invented by Albert Bos (Arnhem, Netherlands) and Adriaan Rombout Swanborn (Arnhem, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an example solid state hydrogen compressor, including at least one membrane fixed between two porous electrodes, together forming a membrane electrode assembly. The membrane electrode assembly is clamped between a pair of cell plates. The membrane has a larger area than the porous electrodes and protrudes outside an area of the porous electrodes. The cell plates have a larger ...