US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 12 for "Residual water drain system and method of fuel cell vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,935, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Residual water drain system and method of fuel cell vehicle" was invented by Dong Kwan Lee (Busan, South Korea), Seon Hak Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seung Hwan Lee (Jeongeup-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment residual water drain system of a fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a drain device configured to drain residual water from the fuel cell, and a controller configured to drain the residual water from the fuel cell through the drain device, to turn off the fuel cell, and to convert ...