ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,692, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for controlling fuel cell" was invented by Yong Hee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for controlling a fuel cell according to an embodiment are disclosed. The system for controlling a fuel cell includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen purge valve connected between the fuel cell and a hydrogen tank and configured to supply or cut off hydrogen to the fuel cell, and a controller configured to adjust an opening degree of the hydrogen purge valve based on an acc...