US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Aug. 12 for "Gas diffusion layer unit for fuel cell and unit cell for fuel cell including same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,090, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Gas diffusion layer unit for fuel cell and unit cell for fuel cell including same" was invented by Seon Yong Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Man Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment gas diffusion layer unit for a fuel cell includes a gas diffusion layer disposed on a surface of a membrane electrode assembly and a sub-gasket, the sub-gasket surrounding and supporting an edge of the membrane electrode assembly, and an elastic member provided in a predetermined area of an edge of t...