US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on April 14 for "System and method of draining residual water of a fuel cell for a vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,306, issued on April 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method of draining residual water of a fuel cell for a vehicle" was invented by Seon Hak Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyu Il Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Da Kyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method of draining residual water of a fuel cell for a vehicle are proposed. The system includes a fuel cell; an outdoor temperature sensor measuring an outdoor temperature; a drainer draining residual water in the fuel cell; and a controller previously controlling ...