US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 9 for "Fuel cell" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,756, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fuel cell" was invented by Dae Han Ka (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a fuel cell includes a cell stack having a plurality of unit cells stacked in a first direction, first and second end plates disposed at both side ends of the cell stack, respectively, the second end plate having a resin part; and a sacrificial electrode located at the resin part of the second end plate adjacent to a cell configured to provide a highest potential for the unit cells, wherein the second end plate in...