US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on July 14 for "Advanced power electronic circuit for fuel cell vehicles enabling independent cooling of various systems" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,248, issued on July 14, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Advanced power electronic circuit for fuel cell vehicles enabling independent cooling of various systems" was invented by Hans Guenter Quix (Herzogenrath, Germany) and Jan Mehring (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified vehicle and cooling system for an electrified vehicle include fuel cells and at least one first and one second coolant circuit, wherein the first coolant circuit is configured for cooling the fuel cells and the second coolant circuit is configured for cooling electronic components for controlling the fuel c...