ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,622, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to REINZ-DICHTUNGS-GMBH (Neu-Ulm, Germany).

"Separator plate with weld sections" was invented by Tobias Kindler (Staig, Germany), Rainer Glueck (Dornstadt, Germany), Bernadette Gruenwald (Ulm, Germany), Horst Gehring (Orsenhausen, Germany) and Ahmet Oruc (Nantheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrochemical systems comprising separator plates and the separator plates comprising a first individual plate and a second individual plate. The individual plate comprising: an electrochemically active region, at least one through-opening and a sealing bead. Conveying channels adjoin a bead flan...