US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on April 8 for "Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, and fuel cell" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,849, issued on April 8, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, and fuel cell" was invented by Shinichiro Imura (Hyogo Ken, Japan), Takeshi Minamiura (Osaka Fu, Japan), Kenichi Ezaki (Osaka Fu, Japan), Tsutomu Kawashima (Nara Ken, Japan) and Miyuki Yoshimoto (Osaka Fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell includes a catalyst layer having a first main surface and a second main surface, a gas diffusion layer disposed on a side of the first main surface, and an electrolyte membrane disposed on a side of t...