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Published March 31st, 2026
Detected March 31st, 2026
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Summary

The USPTO granted patent US12592403B2 to Kolon Industries, Inc. on March 31, 2026, covering a fuel cell humidifying system with humidifying modules, hollow fiber membrane cartridges, and wet gas supply/discharge components. The patent contains 6 claims and was filed on November 9, 2021.

What changed

The USPTO granted patent US12592403B2 to Kolon Industries, Inc. covering a fuel cell humidifying system for supplying humidified air to fuel cell stacks. The system includes a plurality of humidifying modules with hollow fiber membrane cartridges, a humidifier, supply and discharge caps, and wet body components with supply and discharge members. The patent was filed November 9, 2021 (Application No. 18253614) and contains 6 claims.

This is a routine patent grant announcement conveying enforceable intellectual property rights to Kolon Industries for fuel cell humidification technology. No compliance actions or regulatory responses are required from any party. Competitors in the fuel cell or humidifier manufacturing space should review this patent to assess potential overlap with their own technology development and product lines.

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Humidifier system for fuel cell

Grant US12592403B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.

Inventors

Woong Jeon Ahn, Kyoung Ju Kim, Hyoung Mo Yang, Do Woo Kim, Jung Kun Her

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a fuel cell humidifying system for supplying humidified air to the fuel cell, and
The fuel cell humidifying system according to an embodiment of the present disclosureincludes: a plurality of humidifying modules configured to humidify battery gas to be supplied to a fuel cell stack by using wet gas; a humidifier configured to supply wet gas to the humidifying modules and discharge the wet gas discharged from the humidifying modules; a supply cap coupled to one side of the wet part to supply the battery gas to the humidifying modules; and a discharge cap coupled to the other side of the wet part to discharge the battery gas discharged from the humidifying modules to the fuel cell stack, and each of the humidifying modules comprises a cartridge coupled to a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, a mid-case coupled to one or more cartridges, a supply hole formed through the mid-case so that wet gas is supplied into the mid-case, and a discharge hole formed through the mid-case so that the wet gas is discharged the mid-case, and the wet part comprises a wet body for accommodating the humidifying modules therein, a supply member for supplying the wet gas to the wet body, and a discharge member for discharging the wet gas from the wet body.

CPC Classifications

H01M 8/04149 H01M 8/04126 H01M 8/04141 H01M 2008/1095 H01M 2250/20 H01M 8/04119 B01D 63/031 B01D 2313/02 B01D 2313/08 B01D 2313/10 B01D 2313/12 B01D 2313/13 B01D 2313/23 B01D 2313/26 B01D 2319/04 B01D 63/043 Y02E 60/50

Filing Date

2021-11-09

Application No.

18253614

Claims

6

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Classification

Agency
USPTO
Published
March 31st, 2026
Instrument
Notice
Legal weight
Non-binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Minor
Document ID
US12592403B2

Who this affects

Applies to
Manufacturers
Industry sector
3341 Computer & Electronics Manufacturing 2210 Electric Utilities 3364 Aerospace & Defense
Geographic scope
United States US

Taxonomy

Primary area
Intellectual Property
Operational domain
Legal
Topics
Energy Technology

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