ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,640, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PLUG POWER INC. (Slingerlands, N.Y.).
"Fuel cell information monitor and data transfer" was invented by Jon Owejan (Latham, N.Y.), Edward Snyder (Latham, N.Y.) and Glenn White (Latham, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, a first plate separator and a second plate separator on opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly and a voltage sensor for detecting a cell voltage relative to opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. A transmitter is coupled to the sensor and configured to wirelessly transmit an indication of the cell volt...