ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,975, issued on May 27, was assigned to Thunderzee Industry Co. Ltd. (Cayman Islands).
"Fuel cell with simultaneous charging and discharging function" was invented by Rong-Jie Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chih-Hung Lin (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of fuel cells and cell assemblies and methods of using the same are provided. Each fuel cell or cell assembly can simultaneously perform a charging function and a discharging function, the former by receiving electric currents from external charging devices, the latter by outputting an electric current to an electrical load. The fuel cell includes a m...