MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202637026750 A) filed by Thyssenkrupp Nucera Ag & Co. Kgaa; and Tosoh Corporation, Dortmund, Germany, on March 6, for 'tightening apparatus, electrolyser, method of closing/opening adjacent electrolysis cells, method of retroactively applying tightening apparatus.'
Inventor(s) include Hamada, Tsuyoshi; Kawanishi, Koji; Iguchi, Yukinori; and Tanaka, Masato.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a tightening apparatus for selectively opening and closing respective adjacent electrolysis cells in an electrolyser. The tightening apparatus comprises: a movable member moveable in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being a direction in which the cells are to be closed each other and the second direction being an opposite direction to the first direction; at least one actuator configured to move the movable member selectively in the first and second directions; a pressure plate arranged on the first direction side with respect to the movable member; and a spacer arranged between the pressure plate and the movable member."
The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 01, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/077573.
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