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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2009
Applicants:

Patrick Frost, Rochester, NY (US);

Daniel I Harris, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Manish Sinha, Pittsford, NY (US);

Gary M. Robb, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Frost, Rochester, NY (US);

Daniel I Harris, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Manish Sinha, Pittsford, NY (US);

Gary M. Robb, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04231 (2013.01); H01M 8/0447 (2013.01); H01M 8/04388 (2013.01); H01M 8/04402 (2013.01); H01M 8/04805 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells, the fuel cell stack including an anode supply manifold and an anode exhaust manifold, a first valve in fluid communication with at least one of the anode supply manifold and the anode exhaust manifold, wherein the first valve includes an inlet for receiving a fluid flow and an outlet for exhausting a fluid, a sensor for measuring at least a fluid pressure at the inlet and the outlet of the first valve, wherein the sensor generates a sensor signal representing the pressure measurement, and a processor for receiving the sensor signal, analyzing the sensor signal, and determining a composition of a fluid in the fuel cell system based upon the analysis of the sensor signal.


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