ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,856, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Structure" was invented by Toshiaki Kusakari (Susono, Japan), Hideaki Tanaka (Susono, Japan), Takahiro Umehara (Susono, Japan), Kenjo Miyashita (Susono, Japan), Shinya Yamaguchi (Susono, Japan), Yoshihiro Tamura (Susono, Japan), Kaisei Hino (Susono, Japan) and Riyo Hiraiso (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure equipped with a fuel cell system, wherein the structure comprises: a skirt configured to form an accumulation space between a bottom of the structure and the ground, an air supplier configured to supply off-gas, which is discharged f...