ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,489, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FUELCELL ENERGY INC (Danbury, Conn.).
"External mixer-eductor-oxidizer and module connections thereof" was invented by Michael L. Quatannens (Danbury, Conn.), Jeffrey Pagani (Danbury, Conn.) and William Snyder (Danbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell module having an enclosure configured to house a fuel cell stack that comprises a plurality of fuel cells; and a mixer-eductor-oxidizer that is at least partially external to the enclosure of the fuel cell module, the mixer-eductor-oxidizer being configured to process oxidant supply gas and deliver oxid...