US 11,990,653 B2
Fuel cell deployment systems and apparatus
Nicholas Keehn, Kirkland, WA (US); Eric Clarence Peterson, Woodinville, WA (US); and Sean Michael James, Olympia, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,757.
Application 17/897,757 is a division of application No. 16/410,448, filed on May 13, 2019, granted, now 11,431,008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261219 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04302 (2016.01); H01M 8/04992 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04302 (2016.02) [H01M 8/04992 (2013.01); H01M 2250/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for deployment of fuel cells in a facility using an automated mover, the method comprising:
querying a fuel cell for fuel cell information, the fuel cell being carried on a carrier having a first side connected to a fuel inlet of the fuel cell, a second side having a fuel connector and opposite the first side, and a connection between the fuel inlet of the first side and the fuel connector of the second side;
transmitting, via a communication link, queried fuel cell information to a facility;
receiving, via the communication link, data representing a location of a receptacle in the facility to receive the carrier; and
in response to receiving the data representing the location of the receptacle, moving the carrier to the location of the receptacle in the facility and inserting the carrier into the receptacle of the facility.