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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Michelin Recherche ET Technique S.a., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Gino Paganelli, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
David Olsommer, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Abstract
A device for measuring voltages of N cells in a fuel cell includes plural voltage measurement modules and a communication bus connecting in series the plural measurement devices to a computer. The N cells are separated by bipolar plates. Each module can measure M voltages on a group of adjoining cells of the fuel cell, with M being a natural number, and with M≦N/2. A group of cells measured by a first module is adjacent to group of cells measured by a second module. Each module includes a mechanism for fixing the module onto the fuel cell, a voltage measurement device, a connector for connecting bipolar plates of the module to the voltage measurement device, and a connector for connecting the voltage measurement device to the communication bus. A last bipolar plate connected to the first module also is connected to the second module.