US Patent Issued to Mahle International on Aug. 19 for "Hydrogen combustion engine and passenger car and commercial vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,266, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Hydrogen combustion engine and passenger car and commercial vehicle" was invented by Christoph Luven (Stuttgart, Germany), Alexander Mueller (Metzingen, Germany) and Alexander Puck (Esslingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen combustion engine for a passenger car is disclosed. The hydrogen combustion engine includes at least one cylinder having a combustion chamber and a metallic hollow valve for the introduction of hydrogen into the combustion chamber or for directing water out from the combustion chamber. The hollow valve comprises a tubul...