Method and Device for Supporting a Refueling Process of a Vehicle Having a Fuel Cell
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAndreas PELGER
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Abstract
A device supports a refueling process of a vehicle having a fuel cell, wherein the vehicle is configured to carry out a switch-off process of the fuel cell prior to the refueling process. The device includes a control unit that determines that a refueling process shall be carried out. The control unit also, in response to the determination, performs one or more measures that reduce a delay time period for starting the refueling process caused by the switch-off process of the fuel cell.
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
A device for supporting a refueling process of a vehicle having a fuel cell, wherein the vehicle is configured to carry out a switch-off process of the fuel cell prior to the refueling process, the device comprising:
- a control unit configured to:
- determine that a refueling process shall be carried out;
- and
- to perform, in response to the determination, one or more measures that reduce a delay time period for starting the refueling process caused by the switch-off process of the fuel cell.
A method for supporting a refueling process of a vehicle having a fuel cell, wherein a switch-off process of the fuel cell is to be carried out prior to the refueling process, wherein the method comprises:
- determining that a refueling process shall be carried out;
- and
- performing, in response to the determination, one or more measures that reduce a delay time period for starting the refueling process caused by the switch-off process of the fuel cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.