ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,838, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for checking at least one sensor within the anode path of a fuel cell system" was invented by Sriganesh Sriram (Ludwigsburg, Germany) and Stephan Strahl (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for checking at least two sensors within an anode path (4) of a fuel cell system (1), having the steps of shutting down the fuel cell system (1); closing the shut-off valve (32) and the purge valve (41); opening an internal valve (34); detecting the pressure values by means of at least two sensors (50, 51, 52, 53,...