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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Kuniaki Ojima, Wako, JP;
Satoshi Aoyagi, Shimotsuke, JP;
Inventors:
Kuniaki Ojima, Wako, JP;
Satoshi Aoyagi, Shimotsuke, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/24 (2006.01); H01M 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a battery, and a DC/DC converter capable of connecting the fuel cell and the battery on a power feeding circuit. A method of starting operation of the fuel cell system includes the steps of connecting a bypass line connected to a battery for bypassing the DC/DC converter to the power feeding circuit, and directly supplying electrical energy from the battery to an air compressor of an oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus through the bypass line in a state where the fuel cell is disconnected from the power feeding circuit.