ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,992, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for controlling a drying process of a fuel cell system" was invented by Jochen Braun (Heimsheim, Germany) and Matthias Rink (Herrenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for controlling a drying process of a fuel cell system (100), in particular during shutdown of the fuel cell system (100), preferably in preparation for a start, in particular a cold start, of the fuel cell system (100), said methodcomprising the following steps: initiating a drying process of the fuel cell system (100), setting at least one o...