Fuel cell system and vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Arisawa, Manabu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Imanishi
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Abstract
A fuel-cell-system providing structure is provided which is capable of preventing a collision of a fuel cell with a related apparatus of the fuel cell while suppressing the increase in weight of a vehicle. A fuel cell system provided in a vehicle includes: a fuel cell unit in which a fuel cell is contained; and a related apparatus that is electrically connected to the fuel cell and that is located adjacent to the fuel cell unit. The related apparatus is arranged at a position closer to an outer surface of the vehicle than the fuel cell unit.
Claims8
A fuel cell system provided in a vehicle, comprising:
- a fuel cell unit in which a fuel cell is contained;
- and
- a related apparatus that is electrically connected to the fuel cell and that is located adjacent to the fuel cell unit,
- the related apparatus being arranged at a position closer to an outer surface of the vehicle than the fuel cell unit in a planar view in a front-back direction or a width direction of the vehicle;
- the related apparatus is provided, at a part thereof close to the outer surface of the vehicle, with an inclined portion, and
- the related apparatus is arranged at a position where a structural member that moves due to an impact of a collision from in front of the vehicle is to be brought into contact with the inclined portion.
A fuel cell system provided in a vehicle, comprising:
- a fuel cell unit in which a fuel cell is contained;
- and
- a related apparatus that is electrically connected to the fuel cell and that is located adjacent to the fuel cell unit, wherein:
- the fuel cell unit is arranged below a seat arranged in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
- the related apparatus is arranged below a center bump portion provided to the passenger compartment;
- the related apparatus is provided, at a part thereof close to an outer surface of the vehicle, with an inclined portion, in a planar view in a front-back direction or a width direction of the vehicle, and
- the related apparatus is arranged at a position where a structural member that moves due to an impact of a collision from in front of the vehicle is to be brought into contact with the inclined portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.