ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,506, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Stack case" was invented by Hideyuki Kanazawa (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stack case houses a plurality of fuel cells in a stacked state, and includes a case main body, a lid, and a seal. The stack case is configured to be disposed in a vehicle such that a stacking direction is inclined downward with respect to a horizontal direction as a distance to the discharge pipe decreases and an upper surface of the case main body is inclined upward with respect to the horizontal direction as a distance to the discharge pipe decreases."
The paten...