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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Tomoki Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Takahiro Kuriiwa, Saitama, JP;
Yoshio Nuiya, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Hydrogen stored in a high-pressure tankis supplied to a metal hydride (MH) tankto be occluded. Cooling water of a cooling system Cfor a fuel cellis heated through the heat generated at this time to warm-up the fuel cell. By such a configuration, the fuel cell can be warmed up without consuming the valuable hydrogen.