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US 8,408,345 B2Granted
Moving body equipped with fuel cell
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiko Ohashi
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Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a radiator, a radiator fan, and a mounting frame. The mounting frame has an opposed member located on an axially extension of a rotating shaft of the radiator fan. When a compression load acting on the rotating shaft reaches a preset load, the rotating shaft of the radiator fan is compressed in an axial center direction along an axial center.
Claims6
A moving body, comprising:
- a fuel cell unit having at least one of a fuel cell configured to generate electric power through electrochemical reaction and a power circuit configured to generate an intended power from the electric power generated by the fuel cell;
- a radiator configured to release heat from a cooling medium used for cooling down the fuel cell unit;
- a radiator fan having a fin configured to rotate and thereby produce airflow and a rotating shaft configured to transmit a rotational force to the fin, the radiator fan being provided to blow the air to the radiator;
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- a mounting structure configured to mount the fuel cell unit on an axially extension of the rotating shaft of the radiator fan,
- wherein the mounting structure includes an opposed member that has an opposing face to an end of the rotating shaft and is located on the axially extension of the rotating shaft between the fuel cell unit mounted on the mounting structure and the radiator fan, and
- the rotating shaft of the radiator fan is compressed in an axial center direction of the rotating shaft when a compression load acting in the axial center direction reaches a preset load, which is smaller than a specific load of deforming the mounting structure to such a degree that brings the opposed member into contact with the fuel cell unit mounted on the mounting structure.
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A moving body, comprising:
- a fuel cell unit having at least one of a fuel cell configured to generate electric power through electrochemical reaction and a power circuit configured to generate an intended power from the electric power generated by the fuel cell;
- a radiator configured to release heat from a cooling medium used for cooling down the fuel cell unit;
- a radiator fan having a fin configured to rotate and thereby produce airflow and a rotating shaft configured to transmit a rotational force to the fin, the radiator fan being provided to blow the air to the radiator;
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- a mounting structure configured to mount the fuel cell unit on an axially extension of the rotating shaft of the radiator fan,
- wherein the mounting structure includes an opposed member that has an opposing face to an end of the rotating shaft and is located on the axially extension of the rotating shaft between the fuel cell unit mounted on the mounting structure and the radiator fan, and
- the rotating shaft of the radiator fan is released in a direction away from the fuel cell unit by a preset load, which is smaller than a specific load of deforming the mounting structure to such a degree that brings the opposed member into contact with the fuel cell unit mounted on the mounting structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.