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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stefan Kaimer, Aachen, DE;
Hans Guenter Grosch, Vettweiss, 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 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/04119 (2016.01); H01M 8/249 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04776 (2013.01); H01M 8/04141 (2013.01); H01M 8/249 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell assembly with at least a first fuel cell stack and a second fuel cell stack. Waste gas extracted from the first fuel cell stack is routed to an input of the second fuel cell stack. The first and second fuel cell stacks may be of the same size or the second fuel cell stack may be sized smaller than the first fuel cell stack.