US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 20 for "Method for manufacturing catalyst for fuel cell not poisoned by ionomer" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,443, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for manufacturing catalyst for fuel cell not poisoned by ionomer" was invented by Dong Hwan Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seong Min Yuk (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hoon Hui Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Seong Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a catalyst for a fuel cell which may not be poisoned by an ionomer. Specifically, the method includes: loading a catalyst on a support, coating a carbon layer having a predetermined th...