ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,268, issued on July 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System for improving startability of fuel cell vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Jae Kwon Jung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seong Cheol Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A startability improving system of a fuel cell vehicle is disclosed. The startability improving system includes a high-voltage battery and a fuel cell connected to a main bus stage of the vehicle, to provide driving energy, and a controller configured to determine whether there is a possibility that oper...