ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,495, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Fuel cell system" was invented by Toshio Shinoki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell system includes: a steam generator configured to heat water to generate steam; a reformer configured to cause a reaction between the steam and hydrocarbon to generate a reformed gas; a fuel cell stack, which has an anode and a cathode, and is configured to generate electric energy through an electrochemical reaction caused between the reformed gas and an oxidant; and an ejector configured to supply at least one of a raw material containing the hydrocarbon or an ...