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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:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2001
Applicants:
Ted Everson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Adrian Corless, New Westminster, CA;
Edward Mufford, Langley, CA;
Inventors:
Ted Everson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Adrian Corless, New Westminster, CA;
Edward Mufford, Langley, CA;
Assignee:
Ballard Power Systems AG, Kirchheim-Nabern, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B019/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack with single fuel cells stacked together in a fuel cell housing and a detection system for fire or elevated temperatures. The detection system may include a monitoring system; a sensor unit that detects fire or elevated temperatures inside said fuel cell housing; and a voltage or current source.