ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,178, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Fuel cell system" was invented by Hideharu Naito (Wako, Japan) and Takashi Takura (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system mounted on a vehicle includes a fuel cell stack and a stack case. In the stack case, an inflow hole structure is formed on a lower portion of a front end surface facing forward in the traveling direction of the vehicle. An outflow hole structure is formed on an upper portion of the front end surface. Air around the stack case enters the inside of the stack case from the inflow hole structure. Air exiting from the inside of ...