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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Hiroshi Sugiura, Kariya, JP;
Nobuo Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Kouta Manabe, Gold River, CA (US);
Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Sugiura, Kariya, JP;
Nobuo Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Kouta Manabe, Gold River, CA (US);
Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An output characteristic of a fuel cell is estimated by detecting an output current of the fuel cell and a voltage between terminals of the fuel cell, and then estimating the output characteristic of the fuel cell on the basis of the detected output current and the detected voltage between the terminals, and a basic output characteristic of the fuel cell.