ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,485, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to REINZ-DICHTUNGS-GMBH (Neu-Ulm, Germany).

"Separator plate with a bead passage" was invented by Ahmet Oruc (Neu-Ulm, Germany) and Rainer Glueck (Ulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a separator plate for an electrochemical system. The electrochemical system may be, for example, a fuel cell system, an electrochemical compressor, or an electrolyzer."

The patent was filed on Nov. 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/055,287.

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