US Patent Issued to Osaka Gas on April 15 for "Electrochemical element, electrochemical module, electrochemical device, and energy system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,408, issued on April 15, was assigned to Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrochemical element, electrochemical module, electrochemical device, and energy system" was invented by Hisao Ohnishi (Osaka, Japan) and Mitsuaki Echigo (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical element including a conductive plate-like support provided with an internal passage therein. The plate-like support includes, in at least a portion of a metal support included in the plate-like support: a gas-permeable portion through which gas is permeable between the internal passage, which is located inside the plate-like support, and the ...