US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Dec. 9 for "Activation method for fuel cell and activation device therefor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,795, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Activation method for fuel cell and activation device therefor" was invented by Ryo Uozumi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first supply port, a first discharge port, a second supply port, and a second discharge port are formed in a fuel cell. At a time when the fuel cell is activated, a gas supplying step, and a gas flow direction switching step are performed. In the gas supplying step, a first gas is introduced into the fuel cell through the first supply port or the first discharge port, and a second gas is introduced into the fuel cell through the second s...