ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,501, issued on May 20, was assigned to HYDROGENICS Corp. (Mississauga, Canada).
"Venting of sealed fuel cell enclosure" was invented by Bryn Epp (Barrie, Canada), Andrew Hill (Scarborough, Canada), Nader Zaag (Milton, Canada), David Pubrat (Burlington, Canada), Sonia Sorbera (Woodbridge, Canada), Myen Krishnathas (Mississauga, Canada) and Robert Bencak (Georgetown, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A venting system includes a housing and an air intake manifold. The housing receives a fuel cell stack, and the air intake manifold extends along the fuel cell stack. The air intake manifold directs a flow of air to the fuel cell stack...