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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2009
Applicant:
Wesley E. Sedlacek, Jr., South Windsor, CT (US);
Inventor:
Wesley E. Sedlacek, Jr., South Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/24 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/249 (2013.01); H01M 8/04559 (2013.01); H01M 8/04679 (2013.01); H01M 2250/10 (2013.01); Y02B 90/14 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary power plant assembly includes a plurality of cell stack assemblies each having a plurality of fuel cells and a manifold. A fuse includes an indicator that provides an output when the fuse interrupts an electrically conductive connection between the manifold of a first one of the cell stack assemblies and a second one of the cell stack assemblies. The electrically conductive connection includes at least a portion of the voltage of the second one of the cell stack assemblies.