ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,339, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fuel cell mounting system" was invented by Yong Lip Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment fuel cell mounting system includes a fuel cell stack enclosure accommodating a fuel cell stack and having a flat structure, a support frame supporting the fuel cell stack enclosure, and a connection system connecting the fuel cell stack enclosure and the support frame, wherein the connection system is configured to elastically restore the fuel cell stack enclosure to a reference position."

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