US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 4 for "Backup power supply for emergency communication in a fully discharged fuel cell electric vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,450, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Backup power supply for emergency communication in a fully discharged fuel cell electric vehicle" was invented by Victoria Delker (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Amanda Christiana (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and John Molnar (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Emergency backup power systems for supplying emergency backup power for communication in a fully discharged fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), and methods of use, are provided. The emergency backup power system may comprise a first wastewater reservoir configur...