ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,801, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fuel cell, a full cell vehicle including the same, and a method of controlling a temperature of a vehicle" was invented by Yong Suk Heo (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Han Ka (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Woong Ko (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Min Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell includes a cell stack having a plurality of unit cells stacked in a first direction, a plate disposed at at least one of two opposite ends of the cell stack, and a heating element disposed between the plate and...