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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Matthew Fisher, San Jose, CA (US);
David Higdon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Peter Andersen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin Cheung, Union City, CA (US);
Assignee:
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/24 (2016.01); G01R 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2013.01); H01M 8/04544 (2013.01); H01M 8/2465 (2013.01); G01R 31/3627 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A measurement device for measuring voltages along a linear array of voltage sources, such as a fuel cell stack, includes at least one movable voltage probe that measures voltage transitions along an array element. The measured voltage is used to determine a distance of travel of the at least one voltage probe along the fuel cell stack from the speed of the probe and the timing of the transitions.