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US 12,744,228 B2Granted
Fuel cell vehicle including a protected component
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorAiko Hirawaki
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Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle includes a protected component and a hydrogen tank unit. The protected component includes one or more of a battery, a fuel cell, and a hydrogen supply component. The hydrogen tank unit includes hydrogen tanks configured to store hydrogen gas used for power generation of the fuel cell, and a coupler coupling the hydrogen tanks to one another. The hydrogen tank unit is disposed so as to cover at least a vertically lower side of the protected component.
Claims7
A fuel cell vehicle comprising:
- a protected component comprising one or more of a battery, a fuel cell, and a hydrogen supply component;
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- a hydrogen tank unit comprising hydrogen tanks configured to store hydrogen gas used for power generation of the fuel cell, and a coupler coupling the hydrogen tanks to one another, the hydrogen tank unit being disposed so as to cover at least a vertically lower side of the protected component,
- wherein the hydrogen tank unit further comprises a hydrogen tank case accommodating the hydrogen tanks, the hydrogen tank case having a cross-section with at least one recess, and the protected component is disposed in the recess, and
- wherein the hydrogen tank case has a plurality of recesses in an upper portion thereof, and a plurality of batteries are respectively disposed in the plurality of recesses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.