US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 2 for "Method and device for controlling deterioration avoidance operation of fuel cell system" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,009, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and device for controlling deterioration avoidance operation of fuel cell system" was invented by Hyun Seung Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method and a device configured to control deterioration avoidance operation of a fuel cell system. In one aspect, the method may include starting the deterioration avoidance operation when an operation of a fuel cell is restarted in a state where an energy storage device is operating, and the fuel cell is stopped; controlling anode hydro...