ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,360, issued on March 18, was assigned to TOYOTA SHATAI K.K. (Kariya, Japan).
"Fuel cell separator" was invented by Yoshinori Shinozaki (Kariya, Japan) and Satoshi Futami (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for a fuel cell includes protrusions that extend in parallel and are spaced apart from each other. The protrusions are configured to contact a power generation portion. The separator includes a gas passage that extends between two adjacent ones of the protrusions along the protrusions. The gas passage is configured to allow reactant gas to flow through the gas passage. The gas passage includes at least one ri...