US Patent Issued to Daimler Truck on June 9 for "Method for intelligent heating of a fuel cell system and vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,390, issued on June 9, was assigned to Daimler Truck AG (Leinfelden Echterdingen, Germany).

"Method for intelligent heating of a fuel cell system and vehicle" was invented by Ottmar Gehring (Magstadt, Germany), Christof Bunz (Esslingen, Germany) and Luisa Langenbacher (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for the intelligent heating of a fuel cell system (1), wherein a heat required for heating a fuel cell system (1) integrated in a vehicle (2) to an operating temperature is provided by a secondary brake system (3) of the vehicle (2) in the form of at least one retarder (3.1) and/or a bra...