US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Jan. 27 for "Method for diagnosing deterioration of fuel cell and method and system for preventing deterioration of fuel cell using the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,209, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for diagnosing deterioration of fuel cell and method and system for preventing deterioration of fuel cell using the same" was invented by Hyun Seung Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell deterioration prevention system includes a cell voltage stability determination unit determining cell voltage stability according to a preset operating condition, a fuel cell deterioration diagnosing unit diagnosing deterioration of a fuel cell by changing and controlling a control variable pre-se...