US Patent Issued to FPT MOTORENFORSCHUNG on April 29 for "Method for thermal management of fuel cells of a vehicle" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,032, issued on April 29, was assigned to FPT MOTORENFORSCHUNG AG (Arbon, Switzerland).

"Method for thermal management of fuel cells of a vehicle" was invented by Leonidas Tsikonis (Arbon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for thermal management of fuel cells of a vehicle is provided, the fuel cells (FCS) being cooled through a main circuit (HTCC) where at least one pump (P, P1) is arranged to circulate a cooling liquid through a radiator (R). The method includes a step of selectively thermally connecting the main circuit to a secondary circuit (LTCC) arranged to cool at least one subsystem of the vehicle, such as the...