ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,108, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method of counteracting degradation of a fuel cell system of a vehicle" was invented by Pranav Arya (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method of counteracting degradation of a fuel cell system of a vehicle. A processor device is used for performing the method. The processor device estimates a standstill average power needs of the vehicle by estimating the average power that the vehicle will consume during a predetermined time period during which the vehicle will be at a standstill. An idling power extra...