ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,041, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Separator module for fuel cells and unit cell for fuel cells including the same" was invented by Kyeong Cheol Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Mun Jin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jin Hyeok Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a separator module for fuel cells which may reduce pressure loss and improve flow distribution in a separator, and a unit cell for fuel cells including the separator module. The separator module includes a separator main body including a pair of manifold part...