ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,515, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AVL LIST GMBH (Graz, Austria).

"Separation system for a fuel cell system" was invented by Heribert Kammerstetter (Salzburg, Austria), David Bischof (Graz, Austria), Christoph Kuegele (Graz, Austria), Joachim Fischer (Graz, Austria) and Otfried Derschmidt (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separation system for a fuel cell system. The separation system includes a first container with an open top to separate a liquid from a liquid-gas mixture, a second container with an open top, a measuring tube, and a flow meter. The first container includes an inlet to supply the liquid-gas mixt...