ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,053, issued on March 18, was assigned to MAN Truck & Bus SE (Munich).

"Method and device for supplying a hydrogen internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with hydrogen" was invented by Thomas Malischewski (Heilsbronn, Germany) and Bruno Barciela Diaz-Blanco (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to, inter alia, a device for supplying a hydrogen internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with hydrogen. The device has a storage tank for a fluid containing a carrier agent enriched with hydrogen. The device has a first heat exchanger for heating the fluid by transferring heat from a coolant of ...