US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Hydrogen-water separator for fuel cell" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,868, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Hydrogen-water separator for fuel cell" was invented by Craig Peterson (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Matthew Riley (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Martin Pryor (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen-water separator for a fuel cell includes an upper separation chamber having a first cylindrical sidewall defining an inlet port and a lower collection chamber configured to collect separated water. The collection chamber has a bottom and a second cylindrical sidewall defining a drain port disposed above the bottom. A divider is disposed between t...