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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Daishi Igarashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Morio Kayano, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takuya Shirasaka, Sakura, JP;
Kosuke Higashitani, Kawachi-gun, JP;
Kenichi Shimizu, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shuichi Kazuno, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yasutaka Sakai, Shioya-gun, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided: a power supply provided with a fuel cell; a fuel cell vehicle; an inverter device capable of supplying electric power that is supplied from the fuel cell to an external load; a radiator; a radiator fan; a dryness detection device that detects a dry condition of the fuel cell; and an ECU that control supply of electric power to the external load. The ECU drives the radiator fan when the dryness detection device detects dryness of the fuel cell while electric power is being supplied from the fuel cell to the external load.