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US 2022/0069330 A1Published application
Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell Vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSeung Jun Yeon, Ju Hyeop Lee, Hyun Jae Lee
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Abstract
A fuel cell includes a cell stack including a plurality of unit cells stacked in a forward travel direction of a vehicle, an enclosure disposed so as to surround at least a portion of the cell stack, and an end plate configured to support the plurality of unit cells of the cell stack, wherein the end plate has a reactant gas inlet and a reactant gas outlet disposed further forward than the cell stack in the forward travel direction of the vehicle.
Claims20
A fuel cell, comprising:
- a cell stack comprising a plurality of unit cells stacked in a forward travel direction of a vehicle;
- an enclosure disposed so as to surround at least a portion of the cell stack;
- and
- an end plate configured to support the plurality of unit cells of the cell stack, wherein the end plate has a reactant gas inlet and a reactant gas outlet disposed further forward than the cell stack in the forward travel direction of the vehicle.
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A fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
- a fuel cell frame;
- a produced water drain unit disposed under the fuel cell frame;
- and
- a fuel cell mounted on the fuel cell frame, the fuel cell comprising:
- a cell stack comprising a plurality of unit cells stacked in a forward travel direction of the fuel cell vehicle;
- an enclosure disposed so as to surround at least a portion of the cell stack;
- and
- an end plate configured to support the plurality of unit cells of the cell stack, wherein the end plate has a reactant gas inlet and a reactant gas outlet disposed further forward than the cell stack in the forward travel direction of the fuel cell vehicle.
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A fuel cell, comprising:
- a cell stack comprising a plurality of unit cells stacked laterally in an x-axis direction;
- an enclosure disposed so as to surround at least a portion of the cell stack;
- and
- an end plate configured to support the plurality of unit cells of the cell stack, wherein the end plate has a reactant gas inlet and a reactant gas outlet disposed further toward a front portion of the fuel cell than the cell stack in the x-axis direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.