US Patent Issued to BWR Innovations on June 3 for "Fuel cell auxiliary power generation system for a vehicle" (North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,172, issued on June 3, was assigned to BWR Innovations LLC (West Fargo, N.D.).

"Fuel cell auxiliary power generation system for a vehicle" was invented by Timothy R. Springer (Fargo, N.D.) and Joel A. Jorgenson (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle power system including a fuel cell auxiliary power unit for providing clean, efficient power to a vehicle. The system generally includes a fuel cell with a first DC output and a heat output, a pressure vessel adapted to contain and provide pressurized hydrogen to the fuel cell, an electrical storage unit with a DC input coupled to the first DC output of the fuel cell. The el...