ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,502, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for controlling fuel cell" was invented by Hyun Wook Shin (Anyang-si, South Korea), Hyo Jin Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jae Young Shim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling a fuel cell includes a cooling module that cools a fuel cell stack, a first temperature sensor that measures ambient air temperature of a vehicle, and a processor that, when a cooling fan of the cooling module is detected to be defective, determines a fail-safe control met...