US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 25 for "Method and apparatus for manufacturing membrane-electrode assembly" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,830, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for manufacturing membrane-electrode assembly" was invented by Seung Hyun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jutae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment method of manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly includes feeding an electrolyte membrane by a feeding device, applying a catalyst slurry to manufacture a first electrode onto a surface of the electrolyte membrane by an applicator, while feeding the electrolyte membrane by the feeding device, performing drying of ...