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US 10,541,432 B2Granted
Fuel gas circulation apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoyoshi Koyama, Tetsuya Fukuda, Satoshi Inoue
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Abstract
In a fuel gas circulation apparatus, a diffuser is accommodated in an attachment hole of a body. An injector is provided upstream of the diffuser through an attachment. A vibration absorption member made of elastic material is provided between a proximal end of a large diameter portion of this diffuser and a distal end of a main body in the attachment, and a ring member is provided adjacent to the vibration absorption member.
Claims2
A fuel gas circulation apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a fuel gas supply channel formed in the body, and connected to a fuel cell;
- an off gas channel formed in an intermediate position of the fuel gas supply channel, and configured to allow a fuel off gas discharged from the fuel cell to flow through the off gas channel;
- an injector configured to inject the fuel gas to the fuel gas supply channel;
- a diffuser provided downstream of the injector in the fuel gas supply channel, and configured to mix the fuel gas injected from the injector with the fuel off gas;
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- an attachment fixed to the body, and configured to contact the injector,
- wherein an elastic member is provided at a connection part between the injector and the diffuser,
- a ring member abuts the elastic member,
- the elastic member and the ring member are stacked in an axial direction of the attachment and the diffuser, and sandwiched and held between the attachment and the diffuser, and
- a distal end of the attachment includes a stepped portion having a reduced diameter extending axially from the distal end, and the elastic member and the ring member are arranged in the stepped portion, wherein the elastic member and the ring member do not project radially outward beyond an outer circumference of the distal end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.