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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Masakatsu Tsubouchi, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04029 (2016.01); H01M 8/04291 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04029 (2013.01); H01M 8/04291 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a storage tank in which at least part of generated water discharged from the fuel cell stack is stored in liquid form. The storage tank includes a first valve configured to adjust the pressure inside the storage tank to a pressure equal to or lower than a predetermined pressure that is higher than the pressure outside the storage tank.