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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ming Cheng, Northville, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, San Francisco, CA (US);
William F. Sanderson, Jr., Commerce Township, MI (US);
Matthew Riley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hao Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alhadi Albousefi, Dearborn, MI (US);
Zeng Qiu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a fuel cell stack arranged to generate power for propulsion, an auxiliary fuel cell stack component, and a processor. The processor, responsive to a crowdsourced average value of an operating parameter of an auxiliary fuel cell stack component of other fuel cell vehicles being different, for a pre-defined power level, than an average value of a same operating parameter of the auxiliary fuel cell stack component by a pre-determined amount, purge the fuel cell stack of nitrogen.