US Patent Issued to NIMBUS POWER SYSTEMS on July 8 for "Four-fluid bipolar plate for fuel cell" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,120, issued on July 8, was assigned to NIMBUS POWER SYSTEMS INC. (Groton, Conn.).

"Four-fluid bipolar plate for fuel cell" was invented by Matthew P. Wilson (Groton, Conn.), Michael E. Gorman (Wellesley, Mass.) and Samuel J. Angles (Groton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A four-fluid bipolar plate for a fuel cell includes a nonporous sub-plate comprising a first reactant half-plate joined to a second reactant half-plate. The nonporous sub-plate includes an internal coolant passage network having coolant flow field passages extending across an active area of the fuel cell. The nonporous sub-plate defines fuel supply and fuel retu...