US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 29 for "Opening/closing apparatus for discharge line of fuel cell electric vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,814, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Opening/closing apparatus for discharge line of fuel cell electric vehicle" was invented by Jong Wook Back (Seongnam, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opening/closing apparatus for a discharge line from one or more hydrogen tanks of a fuel cell electric vehicle includes a body part provided at an outlet end of the discharge line configured to discharge a target fluid to outside in a first direction, the body part having a discharge part configured to discharge the target fluid to the outside in a second d...