Patent ID: 11967744
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 6:
7. A vehicle comprising:
a compressor;
a fuel cell stack fluidly coupled to the compressor and configured to receive airflow from an outlet of the compressor;
a bypass valve disposed between the compressor and the fuel cell stack and selectively coupling airflow from the compressor to an exhaust pipe;
a throttle valve disposed in an exhaust flow from the fuel cell stack;
a humidifier having a first inlet coupled to the bypass valve, a first outlet coupled to an inlet of the fuel cell stack, a second input coupled to an outlet of the fuel cell stack, and a second outlet coupled to the throttle valve; and
a controller programmed to control the bypass valve to direct at least a portion of the airflow from the compressor to the exhaust pipe in response to position of the throttle valve exceeding a threshold.