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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Chunchuan Xu, Troy, MI (US);
Jun Yang, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
James Waldecker, Plymouth, MI (US);
Feng Li, Troy, MI (US);
George Saloka, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Sulek, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Thomas P. Brackett, III, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 8/04955 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 8/04537 (2016.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/425 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); H01L 25/18 (2013.01); H01M 8/04544 (2013.01); H01M 8/04559 (2013.01); H01M 8/04902 (2013.01); H01M 8/04955 (2013.01); H02H 9/041 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cells. Each of the fuel cells may include a current bypass device that is configured to flow a current responsive to an anode potential exceeding a cathode potential to prevent carbon corrosion within the fuel cell.