US Patent Issued to Robert Bosch on Jan. 13 for "Method and system for connecting plate-like components of a bipolar plate" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,618, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and system for connecting plate-like components of a bipolar plate" was invented by Philipp Krueger (Hoepfigheim, Germany), Franz Wetzl (Mundelsheim, Germany), Friedrich Kneule (Rutesheim, Germany) and Volker Henrichs (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention proposes a method for connecting plate-like components of a bipolar plate, comprising the steps of placing a first plate-like component on a clamping surface, placing a second plate-like component onto the first plate-like component, fitting a plurality of hold-down d...