US 12,113,251 B2
Fuel cell system
Hans Guenter Grosch, Vettweiss (DE); Rainer Kiehn, Frechen (DE); and Krystian Dylong, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,710.
Claims priority of application No. 102020212158.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0102741 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04111 (2016.01); H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04119 (2016.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 8/2475 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04111 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04014 (2013.01); H01M 8/04126 (2013.01); H01M 8/04716 (2013.01); H01M 8/0488 (2013.01); H01M 8/2475 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel cell system comprising:
a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells, the fuel cell stack contained within a housing;
a compressor having an inlet coupled to ambient and an outlet coupled to the fuel cell stack;
a voltage monitor configured to monitor voltage of the plurality of fuel cells;
a ventilation system including a first duct coupling the inlet of the compressor to an inlet of the housing, the first duct having a first electronically controllable valve; and
a controller programmed to control the first electronically controllable valve in response to temperature of at least one of the fuel cell stack and the housing.