Fuel Cell Vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorMin Uk Cho
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Abstract
In an embodiment a system includes a fuel cell, a bus bar having one end portion configured to be electrically connected to the fuel cell, the bus bar being electrically conductive, a terminal block configured to be electrically connected to an opposite end portion of the bus bar, a junction box including a chamber storing a coolant and a tube forming a path to allow the coolant to flow from the chamber to a cover of the terminal block and an insulation protection unit disposed to surround at least a portion of the bus bar to electrically insulate the bus bar from the fuel cell, the insulation protection unit having a flow path to allow the coolant supplied from the cover to flow therethrough.
Claims17
A system comprising:
- a fuel cell;
- a bus bar having one end portion configured to be electrically connected to the fuel cell, the bus bar being electrically conductive;
- a terminal block configured to be electrically connected to an opposite end portion of the bus bar;
- a junction box including a chamber storing a coolant and a tube forming a path to allow the coolant to flow from the chamber to a cover of the terminal block;
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- an insulation protection unit disposed to surround at least a portion of the bus bar to electrically insulate the bus bar from the fuel cell, the insulation protection unit having a flow path to allow the coolant supplied from the cover to flow therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.