ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,807, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fuel cell system" was invented by Ju Yong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Mi Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyoung Ku Ha (Seoul, South Korea) and Yeon Su Nam (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack, an enclosure surrounding the fuel cell stack, an air supply line connected to the fuel cell stack and configured to supply air to the fuel cell stack, an air compressor disposed in the air supply line and configured to compress and supply air, a coo...