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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Akira Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyoshi Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Nakakubo, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Mogi, Yamato, JP;
Akira Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyoshi Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Nakakubo, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Mogi, Yamato, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a case of consuming a power generation reaction inducing gas, which causes lowering in performance and degradation of a fuel cell during suspension of operation thereof, and in a case of performing warm up at a time of activation at low temperatures, in order to automatically perform short circuiting control, there is provided a fuel cell having a structure including a switch which is switchable in accordance with a state of containing water generated in a power generation portion.