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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Applicant:
Norishige Konno, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Norishige Konno, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A number and a combination of N-pole connectors and (N+1)-pole connectors are determined such that a number of fuel cells included in the fuel cell stack and a number of all of poles included in the plurality of terminal-side connectors are equal to each other. Further, when the number of fuel cells of the fuel cell stack changes, the change can be addressed by changing the number and the combination of the N-pole connectors and the (N+1)-pole connectors without newly providing a terminal-side connector other than the N-pole connector and the (N+1)-pole connector.