ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,976, issued on May 27, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Fuel cell system" was invented by Takashi Kawaura (Saitama, Japan) and Takuya Miyata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system in which a controller unit is prevented from being disassembled in an unconventional manner. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack configured to generate electricity; a cable; a controller unit connected to the full cell stack through the cable to control the fuel cell system; a connector configured to connect the controller unit to the cable, where the connector has an insertion portion, and the insertion...