ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,993, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Humidifier leak diagnosis system and method for a fuel cell system" was invented by Jun Su Lee (Gwangju-si, South Korea), Jong Gyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Min Gu Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humidifier leak diagnosis system for a fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack. The humidifier leak diagnosis system also includes an air supply system including at least one of an air compressor, a humidifier, an air cutoff valve, or an air pressure control valve. The humidifier le...