Fuel cell system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMitsuhiro Nada
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Abstract
A fuel cell system mounted on a vehicle, includes: a tank that stores a reactive gas which is to be supplied to a fuel cell; a filling port that fills the reactive gas into the tank and is connected with a supply tube that supplies the reactive gas; a lid that closes the filling port; an open-close sensor that detects open/closed position of the lid; a recorder unit that records a travel history which indicates the fact that the vehicle moves; and a controller unit that controls the vehicle. Upon satisfaction of conditions that the vehicle is in a drivable state, that the recorder unit has no travel history since activation of the fuel cell system and that the open/closed position of the lid detected by the open-close sensor indicates an open position, the controller unit sets the vehicle to a non-drivable state.
Claims3
A fuel cell system mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
- a tank that stores a reactive gas which is to be supplied to a fuel cell;
- a filling port that fills the reactive gas into the tank and is connected with a supply tube that supplies the reactive gas;
- a lid that closes the filling port;
- an open-close sensor that detects open/closed position of the lid;
- a recorder unit that records a travel history which indicates the fact that the vehicle moves;
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- a controller unit that controls the vehicle, wherein
- upon satisfaction of conditions that the vehicle is in a drivable state, that the recorder has no travel history since activation of the fuel cell system and that the open/closed position of the cover portion detected by the open-close sensor indicates an open position, the controller sets the vehicle to a non-drivable state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.