US Patent Issued to FCA US on Nov. 18 for "Hydrogen hybrid propulsion system" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,927, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Hydrogen hybrid propulsion system" was invented by James J Daley (Jackson, Mich.), Ettore Musu (Formigine, Italy), Justin Hutchings (Lake Orion, Mich.), Ronald A Reese II (Goodrich, Mich.) and Halim G Santoso (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine (ICE), a fuel cell, a hydrogen storage tank, a battery pack, an electric drive motor and a controller. The ICE has a first output that drives a generator, the generator providing a first output voltage. The fuel cell has a second out...