ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,309, issued on April 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air supply system for fuel cells and method for controlling the same" was invented by Jae Ok Ha (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Dae Jong Kim (Whasung-Si, South Korea) and Jae Won Jung (Whasung-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air supply system for fuel cells includes a fuel cell, an air supply line connected to a cathode of the fuel cells to supply external air to the cathode of the fuel cell, an air pressure sensor provided on the air supply line, and configured to measure a pressure in the air supply lin...