ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,566, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for controlling fuel cell of fuel cell vehicle" was invented by Seung Won Baik (Suwon, South Korea), Jong Bin Kang (Incheon, South Korea), Sang Beom Lee (Gimpo, South Korea), Ki Chang Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Min Song (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for controlling a fuel cell of a fuel cell vehicle. The method comprises determining a reference output required for restarting or stopping power generation of a fuel cell according to a required output of a vehic...