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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8048578 | Fuel cell system and vehicle mounted with fuel cell system When a vehicle mounted with a fuel cell system travels using electric power supplied from the system, a predetermined portion forming the system, such as a fuel cell, is prevented from being frozen by the relative wind. The fuel cell system is mounted on a vehicle a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7743861 | Hybrid solid oxide fuel cell and gas turbine electric generating system using liquid oxygen A hybrid SOFC/gas turbine electric generating system comprising an SOFC stack, a hydrocarbon reformer, a first anode tailgas hydrogen-rich combustor to drive a first gas turbine stage, and a second stoichiometric combustor to drive a second gas turbine stage to driv... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7637334 | Fuel cell vehicle A fuel cell vehicle is equipped with a power control unit which converts power supplied from the fuel cell and supplies that converted power to a load. High voltage wiring, which connects at least one of the fuel cell and the load to the power control unit, is provi... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7562731 | Electric power generation system for vehicle An electric power generation system is mounted on a vehicle having a secondary battery, an electric load, and an internal combustion engine as a driving source consuming gasoline in a mixed fuel which mainly consists of the gasoline and ethanol. The electric power g... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7413044 | Control apparatus for fuel cell vehicle and control method for fuel cell vehicle A control apparatus for a fuel cell vehicle includes: a motor for driving the fuel cell vehicle; a motor control unit controlling driving and regenerative operations of the motor; a traction control unit suppressing slippage of drive wheels by controlling a driving ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404462 | Fuel cell electric vehicle A fuel cell electric vehicle that can secure a sufficient stroke of a rocked driving wheel, lowering the center of the gravity of the vehicle. A fuel cell is provided for generating electric power by reacting hydrogen and oxygen with a hydrogen cylinder for supplyin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7380621 | Hybrid system An hybrid system (10) of the invention includes a fuel cell unit (20) that generates electricity upon being supplied with reaction gases, a secondary battery (40) that stores electric power generated by the fuel cell unit (20), and an ele... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7358003 | Cooling structure for fuel cell vehicle The cooling structure for a fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell, a drive motor for driving the fuel cell vehicle using the energy generated by the fuel cell, a first cooling flow passage for cooling the fuel cell using a main radiator, and a second cooling flow ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353894 | Sealed nickel-metal hydride storage cells and hybrid electric having the storage cells A sealed nickel-metal hydride storage cell includes a positive electrode containing nickel as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen-absorbing alloy as a negative electrode active material, a separator interposed between the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7235322 | Hybrid power system including an engine and a fuel cell module A mixture of a fuel gas obtained by vaporizing hydrocarbon and air is burned in an engine 11 to generate mechanical power. The fuel gas obtained by reforming the hydrocarbon is supplied to a fuel electrode layer of a fuel cell module 13 in which plural... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7178616 | Power generation system and method An extended rich mode engine configured and operated extremely rich of stoichiometric to produce a substantially continuous hydrogen rich engine exhaust. Oxygen enrichment devices further optimize production of hydrogen rich engine exhaust. Engines include a free pi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7121366 | Fuel cell vehicle A fuel cell vehicle is provided in which a fuel cylinder and a fuel cell stack are arranged so that the barycentric position is kept low and load is appropriately shared between the front and rear wheels. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7096099 | Controller with motor output torque limiter for hybrid vehicle A controller for a hybrid vehicle in which the torque is output from an engine and/or an electric motor and is transmitted to drive wheels through a fluid torque converter and a transmission. The controller includes a motor output torque limiter to restrict the outp... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059986 | Electrically variable transmission A powertrain having a fuel cell prime mover, an electronic control unit, two motor/generator units, two planetary gearsets, and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms is operable to provide three ranges of operation. During one range of operation, the power t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036616 | Hydrogen-electric hybrid vehicle construction An electric vehicle which carries at least two passengers, which has at least three wheels, said passengers sitting in tandem and most of the batteries or fuel cell systems are located on the sides of the passengers. The vehicle has an aerodynamically shaped body wi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013205 | System and method for minimizing energy consumption in hybrid vehicles The present invention provides a system and method relating to the operation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles powered both by electricity from rechargeable batteries and by consumable fuel powered means, such as an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell. More ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994178 | On-vehicle structure of fuel cell system A motor for driving an axle shaft of a vehicle, a fuel cell, and a power control unit are arranged in the same space of a vehicle body in an electric vehicle. The motor is mounted on a suspension frame. The fuel cell and power control unit are mounted on a FC frame ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6629024 | Control apparatus for variable-cylinder engine, and control apparatus for vehicle A control apparatus for a variable-cylinder engine of a vehicle, including a regenerative-braking-state detecting device operable to detect a regenerative braking state of the vehicle, and a decompression-state setting device arranged to place selected on... | 09/30/2003 |
