Fuel cell vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHideharu Naito
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Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a front side panel, and a fuel gas device. The fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells, one end and another end, a first end plate, and a second end plate. The first end plate is disposed at the one end. The second end plate is disposed at the another end. The front side panel is connected to side surfaces of the first and second end plates. The side surfaces face forward in a vehicle driving direction. The front side panel includes a first protruding end portion that protrudes from the first end plate outward in a vehicle width direction. The fuel gas device is disposed on the first end plate so as to be covered by the first protruding end portion when seen from a front side in the vehicle driving direction.
Claims16
A fuel cell vehicle comprising:
- a fuel cell stack including
- a plurality of fuel cells stacked in a vehicle width direction, each of the fuel cells generating electric power by an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas, and
- a pair of end plates disposed at both ends of the fuel cell stack in a stacking direction;
- a front side panel fixed to side surfaces of the pair of end plates, the side surfaces facing forward in a vehicle driving direction, the front side panel including a protruding end portion that protrudes from one of the end plates outward in the vehicle width direction;
- and
- a fuel gas device disposed on the one of the end plates so as to be covered by the protruding end portion when seen from a front side in the vehicle driving direction.
A fuel cell vehicle comprising:
- a fuel cell stack comprising:
- a plurality of fuel cells stacked in a stacking direction extending in a vehicle width direction, each of the plurality of fuel cells being configured to generate electric power through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas;
- one end and another end opposite to the one end in the stacking direction;
- a first end plate disposed at the one end;
- and
- a second end plate disposed at the another end;
- a front side panel connected to side surfaces of the first and second end plates, the side surfaces facing forward in a vehicle driving direction, the front side panel including a first protruding end portion that protrudes from the first end plate outward in the vehicle width direction;
- and
- a fuel gas device disposed on the first end plate so as to be covered by the first protruding end portion when seen from a front side in the vehicle driving direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.