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Simonds Inc., 248 Elm St., Southbridge, MA
Phone: 866-764-3235
Email: sales@simonds-inc.com
Web site: www.simonds-inc.com
Pneumatic Car Hinge Pin Tool
Used by many of the major automotive manufacturers for inserting
door hinge pins on the production line.
that are critical to the development and production of fuel
cell vehicles.
"Approximately 1,970 licenses are related to the fuel cell
stack about 290 to the high-pressure hydrogen tank and
about 3,350 to fuel cell system control technology.
"Here's the best part because it focuses on the rapid
expansion of hydrogen fueling station networks. Toyota
will provide for the frst time ever royalty-free use of
approximately 70 hydrogen-station-related patents
indefnitely for those installing and operating hydrogen
refueling stations."
Realize that these patents represent a tremendous amount
of investment that Toyota made. It is quite valuable
intellectual property.
But Toyota realizes that by opening its patents and
allowing other vehicle manufacturers and providers of
hydrogen fueling stations to take advantage of what
they've accomplished, there is a greater likelihood that
the limited number of fuel cell vehicles that Toyota builds
(and it should be noted that Carter said they're planning
on producing "tens of thousands in the 2020s," but that's
still dwarfed by that Camry number) will be supplemented
by fuel cell vehicles made by other manufacturers. And
a consequence of that will be a faster build out of the
required infrastructure.
They're hoping to create—and leverage—a network.
q Toyota's Bob Carter and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle.