US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 17 for "Condensate water drain control system and control method for fuel cell" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,606, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Condensate water drain control system and control method for fuel cell" was invented by Gun Hyung Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Kyu Il Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A condensate water drain control system for a fuel cell includes; a fuel cell stack configured to generate electric power through a chemical reaction of fuel, a fuel supply line configured to recirculate fuel drained from the fuel cell stack or supply fuel supplied from a fuel tank to the fuel cell stack, a water trap provi...