ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,686, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to First Ammonia Motors Inc. (Concord, N.C.).
"Systems and methods for the on-board production of hydrogen from ammonia for fueling an internal combustion engine that requires no fossil fuel promotor" 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 ...