Fuel cell-type industrial vehicle
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRyo Mizukusa
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Abstract
A fuel cell-type industrial vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a vehicle main body in which a fuel cell unit is installed, and controller configured to control operations of the vehicle main body. The fuel cell unit includes a charging plug which is connectable to a charging socket for supplying fuel gas, and a detection mechanism configured to detect the connection state between the charging plug and the charging socket. The detection mechanism includes a sensor having an output signal that shifts in accordance with the connection state of the charging socket relative to the charging plug. The controller prohibits operation of the vehicle main body after determining, on the basis of the output signal of the sensor, that the charging socket is connected to the charging plug.
Claims8
A fuel cell-type industrial vehicle, comprising:
- a fuel cell unit including a fuel cell;
- a fuel tank provided in the fuel cell unit and configured to store fuel gas that is supplied to the fuel cell;
- a vehicle main body in which the fuel cell unit is installed;
- and
- a controller configured to control operations of the vehicle main body,
- the fuel cell unit comprising:
- a charging plug configured to charge the fuel tank with the fuel gas, the charging plug being connectable to a charging socket for supplying the fuel gas;
- and
- a detection mechanism configured to detect a connection state between the charging plug and the charging socket,
- wherein the detection mechanism includes
- a pressing plate disposed near the charging plug and having a surface configured to be contacted by a tip end portion of the charging socket, wherein the pressing plate has a recess portion disposed around the charging plug,
- a sensor having an output signal that shifts in accordance with the connection state of the charging socket relative to the charging plug, and
- wherein the controller executes control to prohibit the operations of the vehicle main body after determining, on the basis of the output signal of the sensor, that the charging socket is connected to the charging plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.