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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard William Kruiswyk, Dunlap, IL (US);
Christopher Dean Lusardi, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/04111 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04761 (2013.01); H01M 8/04776 (2013.01); H01M 8/04111 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell electric power system includes a fuel cell stack, and a charge air system including an intake air compressor, an exhaust turbine, and a flow control valve assembly. The flow control valve assembly includes at least one flow control valve rotatable in a valve housing to fluidly connect an exhaust inlet, selectively, to a turbine feed outlet via a variable flow area to adjust a torque applied to the exhaust turbine by a flow of exhaust.