US Patent Issued to GHD on Aug. 5 for "Combined hydrogen fuel cell for vehicle fueling, electric vehicle fast charging and fuel cell back-up power forecourt" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,745, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GHD INC. (Phoenix).

"Combined hydrogen fuel cell for vehicle fueling, electric vehicle fast charging and fuel cell back-up power forecourt" was invented by James Joseph Volk (Clarence, N.Y.), James M. Wenck (Pataskala, Ohio) and Fred Taylor (Cambridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system may comprise a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEM FC) stack that is connected to and provides energy to a microgrid for back-up applications, is connected to and provides energy to a fast-charge battery electric vehicle station (BEV) for fast charging of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and is connected ...