ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,588, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Hydrogen supply system, hydrogen-consuming plant provided with hydrogen supply system, and method for supplying hydrogen to hydrogen-consuming unit" was invented by Hiroyuki Furuichi (Kanagawa, Japan), Satoshi Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan), So Komada (Kanagawa, Japan), Tadashi Katsume (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kaori Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen supply system includes: a hydrogen production device; a hydrogen flow line through which hydrogen produced by the hydrogen production devices circulated; a buffer tank that is prov...