US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 25 for "Fuel cell system for generating electric power and method of controlling same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,332, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fuel cell system for generating electric power and method of controlling same" was invented by Jai Hyun Ahn (Whasung-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system and the method of controlling the fuel cell system improve next-time startability in the following manner. Hydrogen, air, generation water, and the like that remain inside a large-sized fuel cell system needs to be removed after finishing operation of the large-sized fuel cell system, such as a fuel cell system for generating electric pow...