ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,552, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Condensate water drain control system and method for fuel cells" was invented by Joon Yong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hun Lee (Anyang, South Korea), Soon Woo Kwon (Yongin, South Korea) and Sung Gone Yoon (Suwon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A condensate water drain control system for fuel cells includes a fuel cell stack configured to generate electric power through chemical reaction, a fuel supply line configured to recirculate fuel discharged from the fuel cell stack together with fuel introduced from ...