ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,213, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"System for preheating a fuel cell for a fuel cell vehicle and a method of controlling same" was invented by Young Kyu Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed are a system for preheating a fuel cell for a fuel cell vehicle and a method controlling the system. An information collector collects start pattern information regarding a start pattern of a driver including start dates, positions, and times of a fuel cell vehicle when the vehicle is started. A controller classifies a start date ...