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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Stephen Thomas Kempfer, Canton, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a fuel cell that generates electricity, a pre-heater electrically coupled to the fuel cell, wherein the pre-heater provides an output, and a component configured to receive a portion of the output, wherein a temperature of the component is changed through receipt of the portion of the output. In addition, a method is described for operating a fuel cell in a vehicle that includes: generating electricity from the fuel cell, and providing a portion of the electricity to a pre-heater, which provides an output to a vehicular component, thereby pre-heating the component.
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