ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,164, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Fuel cell system and method of controlling same" was invented by Jun Young Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hee Mang Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed are a fuel cell system and a method of controlling the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system may comprise a discharge valve configured to adjust a flow rate between an inlet and an outlet, connected at the inlet to a water trap connected to an anode of a fuel cell stack, and connected at the outlet to an external exhaust line, and a...