ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,963, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Three dimensional separator for an energy device" was invented by Mohammed Hussain Abdul Jabbar (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for use in a unit cell of an energy device includes a perimeter wall and a step portion extending from the perimeter wall along an inner surface of the perimeter wall. A midpoint of a height of the perimeter wall is aligned with a midpoint of a height of the step portion. A planar membrane extends across an area defined by an innermost surface of the step portion. The planar membrane is aligned with ...