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Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventor:

Joseph Dean Rainville, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/24 (2006.01); H01M 8/04537 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 8/04664 (2016.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); H01M 8/0488 (2013.01); H01M 8/04559 (2013.01); H01M 8/04567 (2013.01); H01M 8/04679 (2013.01); B64D 2041/005 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A stack fuel cell array featuring paired fuel-cell systems combined to generate 540 VDC for a rotorcraft. Power from the hydrogen-based fuel cells is provided to the rotorcraft. A rated electrical load of the rotorcraft helps determine how many paired fuel-cell systems are needed during any fuel-cell systems failures. Each of the paired fuel-cell systems is coupled to an electrical load of the rotorcraft. The system detects any fuel cell failures and removes other working fuel cells as needed to balance the electrical system.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Rainville, Joseph. (2023). Fuel cell stack array (U.S. Patent No. 11745881). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11745881

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