ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,248, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Separator for fuel cell" was invented by Haruyuki Aono (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Satoshi Kawabe (Ichinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for a fuel cell includes a contact surface. Groove passages are arranged side by side in the contact surface. The groove passages include a first groove passage and a second groove passage that are adjacent to each other in an arrangement direction of the groove passages. The contact surface includes a rib located between the first groove passage and the second groove passage. The rib includes at least...