Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of diagnosing level sensor failure in fuel cell water trap and control unit using the same
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Application No.: US16142245Application Date: 2018-09-26
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Publication No.: US10700369B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Hyo-Seop Kim
- Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY , KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY,KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY,KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5a75e9ac
- Main IPC: H01M8/04664
- IPC: H01M8/04664 ; H01M8/04828 ; H01M8/04537 ; H01M8/04492 ; G01F25/00 ; H01M8/04119 ; F24F11/38 ; F25D21/14 ; F24F13/22

Abstract:
A method of diagnosing level sensor failure in a fuel cell water trap, the method may include: determining whether a water level of a level sensor is changed in a fuel cell water trap, adding an amount of charge according to an operating time and comparing the added amount of charge with a preset threshold amount of charge, according to the result of the forcibly opening a drain valve according to determining whether a channel voltage of a specific channel is abnormal as the result of the comparison, and diagnosing a failure of the level sensor according to determining whether the channel voltage of the specific cell is recovered as a normal state when the drain valve is opened.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190245227A1 METHOD OF DIAGNOSING LEVEL SENSOR FAILURE IN FUEL CELL WATER TRAP AND CONTROL UNIT USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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