ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,366, issued on March 18, was assigned to THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY (Hong Kong).

"Energy storage systems and ammonia-powered electric vehicles including the same" was invented by Ka Wai Eric Cheng (Hong Kong), Molly Meng-Jung Li (Hong Kong), Shu Ping Lau (Hong Kong) and Shuangxia Niu (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage system is provided for an electric vehicle. The energy storage system comprises a first energy storage source. The first energy storage source includes an ammonia tank configured to hold ammonia, an ammonia converter configured to receive ammonia from the ammonia tank and convert the ...