MODULAR FUEL CELL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND HARNESS

• Main Authors: EITZER, Arlo C, RIPPELMEYER, Luke A, LIM, Daniel K, BOWER, Laura E, SANDER, Jonathan J, FRIEDMAN, Scott A, BULPITT, Christopher M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 19.07.2023
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CABLES; CONDUCTORS; CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; INSULATORS; LINE CONNECTORS; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

Systems and methods are provided to modularizing a device. In various embodiments, the harness in provided that accommodates many different configurations of the modules. The harness may function as a single element that needs to be replaced and/or connected to accommodate different configurations of modules. The harness may be modular. In various embodiments, unused lines of the harness are capped. In various embodiments, the cap completes a circuit, so that the control system interprets the systems as functioning despite the unused line, whereas the control system may shutdown the system is the unused line is left uncapped. In various embodiments, the harness is used to send control signals to elements of parallel power systems that have high voltage systems that are electronically isolated from one another.