US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on July 29 for "Cell stack device, module, module housing device, and conductive member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,701, issued on July 29, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cell stack device, module, module housing device, and conductive member" was invented by Kazuki Hirao (Aira, Japan), Takeshi Kozai (Yokohama, Japan) and Tetsuro Fujimoto (Kirishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell stack device includes at least one cell and at least one conductive member. The cell includes an element portion. The conductive member includes a base member containing chromium, a first layer containing an oxide containing zinc, and a zinc spinel portion located at the interface between the base member and the first layer. The first layer i...