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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Nobuo Watanabe, Susono, JP;
Keigo Suematsu, Susono, JP;
Tatsuaki Yokoyama, Susono, JP;
Katsuhiko Hirose, Niwa-gun, JP;
Atsushi Matsuba, Mishima, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuo Watanabe, Susono, JP;
Keigo Suematsu, Susono, JP;
Tatsuaki Yokoyama, Susono, JP;
Katsuhiko Hirose, Niwa-gun, JP;
Atsushi Matsuba, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04298 (2013.01); H01M 8/04007 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); H01M 8/04223 (2013.01); H01M 8/04141 (2013.01); H01M 8/0662 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); H01M 8/04731 (2013.01); H01M 8/04365 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/04089 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a hydrogen path for supplying odorant-added hydrogen to the fuel cell, an estimating unit to estimate the depositing of the odorant in the fuel cell, and control unit to heat the fuel cell up to a temperature at which at least part of the odorant deposited in the fuel cell evaporates when the depositing of the odorant is estimated.