ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,425, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CUMMINS INC. (Columbus, Ohio) and HYDROGENICS Corp. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Methods and systems for managing and controlling emissions in a hybrid system" was invented by Aaron William Beinborn (Columbus, Ind.), David P. Genter (Columbus, Ind.), Nathaniel Ian Joos (Toronto), Archit Koti (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Guangji Ji (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to a system and methods for managing and controlling emissions produced by a vehicle and/or powertrain, which includes one or more power sources selected from a fuel cell, a fuel cell stack, a...