US 12,441,213 B2
System for preheating a fuel cell for a fuel cell vehicle and a method of controlling same
Young Kyu Park, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/076,192.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0093282 (KR), filed on Jul. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034196 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 58/40 (2019.01); B60L 50/75 (2019.01); B60L 58/31 (2019.01); B60L 58/34 (2019.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04223 (2016.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.01); H01M 8/04302 (2016.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 58/40 (2019.02) [B60L 50/75 (2019.02); B60L 58/31 (2019.02); B60L 58/34 (2019.02); H01M 8/04007 (2013.01); H01M 8/04225 (2016.02); H01M 8/04268 (2013.01); H01M 8/04302 (2016.02); H01M 8/04701 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A system for preheating a fuel cell for a fuel cell vehicle, the system comprising:
an information collector collecting start pattern information regarding a start pattern of a vehicle driver including start dates, start positions, and start times of the fuel cell vehicle when the fuel cell vehicle is started; and
a controller classifying a start date in the start pattern information of the vehicle driver as a weekday group or a weekend group, classifying a start position in which a start of the fuel cell vehicle is concentrated as a single position group, classifying a start time in which the start of the fuel cell vehicle is concentrated as a single time group, deducing a predicted next start time based on each of the groups when the fuel cell vehicle is stopped, and controlling a temperature increase of the fuel cell based on the predicted next start time in a case in which the fuel cell is stopped.