Vehicle And Method Of Mounting Gas Fuel Tank
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideaki Mizuno, Yoshiaki Naganuma
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Abstract
A hydrogen tank is mounted on a roof so that a valve unit mounted to one end in a longitudinal direction of the hydrogen tank is separated as far apart as possible from a front platform and a middle platform of a fuel cell equipped bus and so that the longitudinal direction of the hydrogen tank is in a lateral direction of a vehicle. Thus, even if hydrogen leaks from the valve unit or a fusible plug valve of the valve unit is fused to discharge hydrogen from the tank, the influence of the leaking or discharged hydrogen on the front platform and the middle platform can be reduced.
Claims13
A vehicle to which at least one gas fuel tank that stores gas fuel is mounted,
- wherein said gas fuel tank is mounted so that a longitudinal direction thereof is in a lateral direction of the vehicle and so that a valve structure mounted to said gas fuel tank as a port opening for gas fuel of said gas fuel tank is placed on the counter side of a platform of an occupant compartment which is set only on one side of said vehicle to be separated from said platform.
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A method of mounting at least one gas fuel tank that stores gas fuel to a vehicle,
- wherein said gas fuel tank is mounted so that a longitudinal direction thereof is in a lateral direction of the vehicle and so that a valve structure mounted to said gas fuel tank as a port opening for gas fuel of said gas fuel tank is placed on the counter side of a platform of an occupant compartment which is set only on one side of said vehicle to be separated from said platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.