ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,847, issued on April 8, was assigned to HYDROGENICS Corp. (Mississauga, Canada).
"System and method for controlling voltage of fuel cell" was invented by Nathaniel Ian Joos (Toronto) and Paolo Forte (Maple, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This specification describes a system and method for controlling the voltage produced by a fuel cell. The system involves providing a bypass line between an air exhaust from the fuel cell and an air inlet of the fuel cell. At least one controllable device is configured to allow the flow rate through the bypass line to be altered. A controller is provided to control the controllable device. The...