ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,052, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Electrochemical cell" was invented by Takaaki Fukushima (Daito, Japan) and Wataru Kato (Daito, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell includes a cell stack including a plurality of unit cells stacked on one another and each being a plate and including an electricity generator and a casing accommodating the electricity generator, and an outer case accommodating the cell stack. The outer case includes at least one rib in a surface area between an outer edge of the outer case and an outer periphery of the cell stack as viewed in a stacking direc...