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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Toshiaki Shimada, Utsunomiya, JP;

Takahiro Kuriiwa, Utsunomiya, JP;

Yoshio Nuiya, Utsunomiya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/06 ;
Abstract

A hydrogen supplying device for a fuel cell includes a hydrogen occlusion tank in which a hydrogen occlusion alloy is contained, the hydrogen occlusion alloy being capable of occluding and discharging hydrogen which is used as fuel for a fuel cell; a hydrogen tank in which hydrogen to be supplied to the fuel cell can be stored in a compressed state; a heating unit which supplies heat to the hydrogen occlusion tank; a hydrogen supply line through which a flow of hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen occlusion tank and a flow of hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen tank can be merged to be supplied to the fuel cell; and a flow rate controlling device which controls a flow rate of hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen occlusion tank and/or a flow rate of hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen tank.


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