ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,330, issued on March 25, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Bipolar plate for a fuel cell, fuel cell having a bipolar plate" was invented by Juergen Hackenberg (Sachsenheim, Germany) and Martina Bubrin (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bipolar plate (1) for a fuel cell, comprising a bipolar plate substrate (2) composed of stainless steel and comprising a coating (3), which is applied to the bipolar plate substrate (2), for increasing the corrosion resistance of the bipolar plate (1). According to the invention, the coating (3) is of single- or multi-layer design and h...