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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Minoru Noguchi, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Fujino, Wako, JP;
Eisuke Komazawa, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a power system capable of supplying power steadily to the outside even at a low temperature. A power supply unit disposed in the power system is configured to calculate an amount of power needed to heat a fuel cell to a temperature threshold when the temperature thereof measured by an FC sensor is below the temperature threshold, set an SOC lower limit by adding the calculated amount of power to a discharge threshold of a secondary battery, and control the power supply to a first power supply portion in the range of the SOC lower limit.