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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Arnulf Sponheimer, Kornwestheim, DE;
Stephan Strahl, Bodenwoehr, DE;
Julio Orozco Santos Coy, Aachen, DE;
Rolf Lorenz Loeffler, Rommerskirchen, DE;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04119 (2016.01); H01M 8/04223 (2016.01); H01M 8/0662 (2016.01); H01M 8/04828 (2016.01); H01M 8/24 (2016.01); H01M 8/04291 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04156 (2013.01); H01M 8/04253 (2013.01); H01M 8/04291 (2013.01); H01M 8/04843 (2013.01); H01M 8/0662 (2013.01); H01M 8/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell stack includes multiple stacked individual cells each having an anode and a cathode, a common fuel inlet duct, a common fuel outlet duct, a common oxidizing agent inlet duct, a common oxidizing agent outlet duct, and at least one microwave source configured to selectively generate microwave radiation into the common fuel outlet duct and/or into the common oxidizing agent outlet duct to manage water contained therein to melt ice and/or expedite evaporation.