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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt David Osborne, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Tech., Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 2/700 ;
Abstract
A system,is provided for ventilating hydrogen gas from a vehicle,which includes one or more fuel cells,. System,includes a control module or controller,, vehicle sensors,, several fans,, and several hydrogen gas sensors,which are operatively and communicatively coupled to a hydrogen gas detection module,. Hydrogen gas detection module,, sensors,and fans,are each communicatively connected to controller,. Controller,is effective to selectively and periodically activate fans,in response to signals received from module,(e.g., sensors,) and sensors,, thereby substantially preventing hydrogen gas from pocketing or collecting in areas of vehicle