US Patent Issued to First Ammonia Motors on Nov. 11 for "Systems and methods for the on-board catalytic production of hydrogen from phase-controlled gaseous ammonia" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,422, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to First Ammonia Motors Inc. (Concord, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for the on-board catalytic production of hydrogen from phase-controlled gaseous ammonia" was invented by James L. Wall II (Concord, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates, in general, to systems and methods for generating hydrogen from ammonia on-board vehicles, where the produced hydrogen is used as fuel source for an internal combustion engine. The present invention utilizes an electric catalyst unit operating in series with a plate-type heat exchange catalyst unit. The electric catalyst unit is used to...