Safety control system and method for hydrogen charging of fuel-cell vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsHyung Ki Kim, Ki Ho Hwang, Sang Hyun Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is charging safety control system for a fuel-cell vehicle. In particular, a charging switch is provided in a fuel-cell vehicle to be manipulated in hydrogen charging as well as a vehicle speed detector for detecting a current vehicle speed. A controller within the vehicle is configured to receiving a signal corresponding to on/off-manipulation of the charging switch and a detected current vehicle speed and control the ignition of the vehicle based thereon. Particularly, the controller is configured to switch off the ignition of the vehicle upon receiving the on-manipulation signal of the charging switch, and upon determining that the vehicle is stopped based on the current vehicle speed.
Claims12
A charging safety control system for a fuel-cell vehicle, the charging safety control system comprising:
- a charging switch provided in the fuel-cell vehicle to be manipulated in hydrogen charging;
- a vehicle speed detector configured to detect a current vehicle speed;
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- a controller configured to receive a signal corresponding to on/off-manipulation of the charging switch and the current vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector and control the ignition of the vehicle accordingly,
- wherein the controller is configured to switch off the ignition of the vehicle, upon receiving the on-manipulation signal from the charging switch, and upon determining that the vehicle is stopped based on the current vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector.
A charging safety control method for a fuel-cell vehicle, the charging safety control method comprising:
- manipulating a charging switch to an on-state to charge a hydrogen tank with hydrogen in the fuel-cell vehicle;
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- receiving, by a controller, an on-manipulation signal of the charging switch and a detection signal from a vehicle speed detector detecting a current vehicle speed of the vehicle;
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- switching off, by the controller, the ignition of the vehicle in response to determining that the vehicle is currently stopped and an on-manipulation signal has been received.
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:
- program instructions that receive a signal corresponding to on/off-manipulation of a charging switch and a current vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed detector and control the ignition of a vehicle based upon whether the charging switch is on and the current vehicle speed;
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- program instructions that switch off the ignition of the vehicle, upon receiving an on-manipulation signal from the charging switch, and upon determining that the vehicle is stopped based on the current vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.