Fuel cell vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuya KIMURA
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Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle supplies oxygen-containing gas from an air compressor to fuel cell accommodated in a front room of a vehicle via a gas supply piping. In this fuel cell vehicle, a protector is fastened to the air compressor in order to suppress or avoid a damage at the time of side collision or the like of the air compressor arranged inside the front room. An end portion of the protector in a vehicle width direction is arranged at a position facing a side frame provided further in an outside in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle than the air compressor. A part of the gas supply piping is arranged in between the side frame and the end portion of the protector and absorbs an impact generated at the time of collision or the like.
Claims5
A fuel cell vehicle comprising:
- a fuel cell accommodated in a front room of the vehicle;
- an air compressor that supplies oxygen-containing gas to the fuel cell via a gas supply piping;
- a side frame provided further in an outside in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle than the air compressor;
- and
- a protector fastened to the air compressor, the protector having an end portion in the vehicle width direction arranged at a position facing the side frame,
- wherein a part of the gas supply piping is arranged in between the side frame and the end portion of the protector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.