ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,098, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Controlling cathode stoichiometry in fuel cells" was invented by Martin Dale Pryor (Canton, Mich.), Patrick J. Ford (Livonia, Mich.) and Craig Michael Mathie (White Lake Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for managing cathode stoichiometry of an electrochemical cell are disclosed. A system may include a fuel cell, a compressor for supplying air to the fuel cell and an oxygen sensor proximate to or downstream of an outlet of a cathode chamber of the fuel cell. An operation speed of the compressor or flow rate of the...