Patent · US Expired

Fuel cell device

US7465506B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ian Faye · Stuttgart, DE
Ulrich Gottwick · Stuttgart, DE
Rainer Saliger · Freiberg, DE
Jan-Michael Graehn · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2004
Grant date	Dec 16, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/40
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fuel cell device has a fuel cell unit including at least two fuel cell elements which are coupled with one another in a way selected from the group consisting of a series coupling, a parallel coupling, and both, for conversion of chemical energy into an electrical energy, and an electronic control unit for controlling individual fuel cell elements of the fuel cell unit.

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