US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 25 for "Fuel cell bipolar plate design for reduced corrosion potential" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,834, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Fuel cell bipolar plate design for reduced corrosion potential" was invented by Tomoki Tambo (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ercan Dede (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Yuqing Zhou (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system includes: a first fuel cell; a second fuel cell; a cathode configured to receive a positive charge from the first fuel cell and the second fuel cell; an anode disposed apart from the cathode and configured to receive a negative charge from the first fuel ce...