ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,499, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Auxiliary thermal regulation of fuel cell stack" was invented by Dallas K. Fox (Yorba Lina, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more example electric vehicles (EV), auxiliary thermal regulation systems for an EV, a computer-implemented methods of operating an EV, and a computer program product for operating an EV. The EV includes an FC system and an HVAC system. The FC system includes an FC stack (FCS) operable to generate electric power, and an FC thermal management syst...