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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Kazunori Watanabe, Mooka, JP;
Takuya Shirasaka, Sakura, JP;
Yuji Matsumoto, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 8/04537 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1887 (2013.01); H01M 8/0491 (2013.01); H01M 8/04597 (2013.01); H01M 8/04626 (2013.01); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7225 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01); Y02T 90/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a case where a load amount of a load is a predetermined value or less, a control device of an FC vehicle implements extremely low current control for performing power generation at an extremely low current below a lower limit current of an FC for normal operation. At the time of implementing the extremely low current control, upper and lower limit values of a target output voltage of the converter are set in correspondence with the extremely low current, and the output voltage of the FC is controlled to be within a range between the upper and lower limit values.