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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Hibiki Saeki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Satoshi Aoyagi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Hibiki Saeki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Satoshi Aoyagi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and method for charging a fuel cell vehicle comprising a fuel cell, a rotating load, an energy storage, a contactor, a DC-DC converter, and a control unit. When charging of the energy storage is performed, the DC-DC converter connected to the energy storage is placed in a direct connection mode wherein the input voltage and the output voltage of the DC-DC converter are the same without voltage adjustment for directly charging regeneration electrical energy from a motor of the rotating load to the energy storage.