ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,692, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Method for fastening an electrode" was invented by Erhard Magori (Feldkirchen, Germany), Remigiusz Pastusiak (Munich), Angelika Tawil (Munich) and Kerstin Wiesner-Fleischer (Hohenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for arranging an electrochemically active element on a fastening device which has a first holder with at least one cylindrical spacing element and has a second holder with at least one cylindrical spacing element, including: a) providing an electrochemically active element whose electrolyte side can be ...