US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Dec. 16 for "Valve opening/closing detection device for fuel cell system and method therefor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,254, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Valve opening/closing detection device for fuel cell system and method therefor" was invented by Gyu Young Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a valve opening/closing detection device for a fuel cell system and a method therefor and provides a valve opening/closing detection device for a fuel cell system, which detects a current (current waveform) supplied to a valve of the fuel cell system, determines a differential value of the current, detects opening/closing...