US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Oct. 7 for "Apparatus for converting power of fuel cell for power generation and method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,167, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for converting power of fuel cell for power generation and method thereof" was invented by Yong Doo Son (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for converting power of a fuel cell for power generation to remove an open voltage of the fuel cell when a failure occurs during power generation of the fuel cell and a method thereof are provided. A power converter converts and supplies power generated by the fuel cell to a system or load. A controller detects a failure occurring in the fue...