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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Milos Milacic, New Boston, MI (US);
Kurt David Osborne, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/06 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0662 (2013.01); H01M 8/04097 (2013.01); H01M 8/04164 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell purge apparatus for a fuel cell system has a separator defining a chamber for receiving a recirculated fuel stream including a fluid and impurities. The apparatus has a drain conduit with an outer passage connected to the chamber. The outer passage forms a fluid trap to collect the fluid. The drain conduit also has an inner passage nested within the outer passage through the fluid trap for delivering the impurities to a purge valve. The inner passage has a free end extending into the chamber of the separator.