Patent ID: 11876262
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 6:
7. At least one computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by an automotive system, cause the automotive system to:
predict an unbalanced degradation in a first fuel cell as compared to one or more other fuel cells among a plurality of fuel cells in the automotive system, wherein the prediction occurs before the plurality of fuel cells produce unbalanced output power; and
apply an unbalanced control across the plurality of fuel cells based on the unbalanced degradation, wherein the unbalanced degradation indicates that the first fuel cell will degrade more quickly over time as compared to the one or more other fuel cells, and wherein the unbalanced control is to balance the degradation among the plurality of fuel cells so that a first degradation curve of the first fuel cell is adjusted over time to converge with a second degradation curve of the one or more other fuel cells.