US Patent Issued to NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE on Jan. 27 for "Sample holder for detection of hydrogen permeation and hydrogen permeation and diffusion path observation device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,451, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE (Tsukuba, Japan).

"Sample holder for detection of hydrogen permeation and hydrogen permeation and diffusion path observation device" was invented by Akiko Nakamura (Tsukuba, Japan), Taro Yakabe (Tsukuba, Japan) and Naoya Miyauchi (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sample holder 30 comprises: a holder body 31 for holding the sample 17; an electrolyte introduction chamber 31b provided with an opening 31c that opens to a measurement region 17a of the sample; a retainer plate 33, which is provided with a through-hole 33a corresponding to the ...