Patent classifications
B60Y2400/202
Support frame for fuel cell and vehicle
A support frame includes a first member, a second member, and a third member each having a surface. The first member is connected to the second member by fitting, and the first member is connected to the third member by fitting. In each of connecting portions, one of members connected to each other is defined as a first connecting member and the other one of the members is defined as a second connecting member. A side end portion of the first connecting member on a side facing the second connecting member is provided with an extending portion. The extending portion has a flat shape, and the extending portion is provided with a fitted portion constituted by a recessed portion. A side end portion of the second connecting member on a side facing the first connecting member is provided with a fitting portion configured to fit in the fitted portion.
Gas sensor, gas detection apparatus, fuel cell powered vehicle, and manufacturing method of gas sensor
A gas sensor includes: a first electrode; a metal oxide layer that is on the first electrode and has a resistance value that changes when the metal oxide layer contacts hydrogen atoms; a second electrode on the metal oxide layer; and an insulating film that covers at least a part of side surfaces of the first electrode, the metal oxide layer, and the second electrode. In the metal oxide layer, a part of a first interface between the first electrode and the metal oxide layer is not covered by the insulating film and is exposed to a gas.
Fuel cell device and vehicle with the same mounted thereon
A fuel cell device that can prevent exposure of a cell stack to the outside of a stack case, and a vehicle with the same mounted thereon. The fuel cell device includes a cell stack, end plates disposed at opposite ends of the cell stack in a stacking direction of fuel cells, and a stack case housing the cell stack and end plates. The stack case has a bottom surface portion, end plate facing portions facing the respective end plates, side surface portions extending in the stacking direction, and mount portions disposed near corner portions between the respective side surface portions and end plate facing portions and on outer walls of the respective side surface portions such that the mount portions are positioned in a pair across the bottom surface portion. The bottom surface portion has rib portions disposed thereon that each extends between a pair of the mount portions.
Vehicle frame arrangement
A frame arrangement for a vehicle may include a first side member and a second side member that each have an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portions are spaced laterally apart by a first distance, and the lower portions are spaced laterally apart by a second distance less than the first distance. The frame arrangement may further include a first battery positioned between the lower portions of the side members, and a second battery positioned between the upper portions of the side members.
FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL VEHICLE
A fuel cell vehicle is equipped with a fuel cell system including a stack case, an auxiliary device case, and a fuel gas pipe. The stack case contains a cell stack body of power generation cells. The auxiliary device case is provided adjacent to one end of the stack case, and contains a fuel cell auxiliary device. The fuel gas pipe is connected to the auxiliary device case, and a fuel gas is supplied into the fuel cell auxiliary device through the fuel gas pipe. The fuel cell system includes a cutout formed by cutting out part of the auxiliary device case, and the fuel gas pipe is disposed in the fuel cell system so as to pass nearby the cutout.
Fuel cell
The invention relates to a fuel cell (2) comprising at least one membrane electrode assembly (10) and at least one flow field plate (40) comprising a separator plate (50). The flow field plate (40) has at least one structural part (51, 52) which comprises a base body (60) in which recesses (65) are introduced, and vanes (61, 62) which extend from sides (70, 72) of the recesses (65) and extend to the at the least one membrane electrode assembly (10).
Fuel cell system
A pipe of a fuel cell system includes a pipe, one end side of which is connected to a fuel cell stack, and another end side of which is positioned adjacent to a vehicle structural component, through which water, and discharge air of a product that contains water vapor, which are produced by the fuel cell stack, flow; and a spray portion that is provided on the other end side of the pipe, and that sprays the water and the discharge air flowing through the pipe onto the vehicle structural component.
Fuel cell system
A permanent magnet is expressed by a composition formula: R.sub.pFe.sub.qM.sub.rCu.sub.sCo.sub.100-p-q-r-s. M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ti, and Hf. The magnet includes a crystal grain having a main phase including a TbCu.sub.7 crystal phase, and a volume ratio of the TbCu.sub.7 crystal phase to the main phase is 95% or more.
Fuel cell vehicle
The fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell placed in a front room, an air compressor placed below the fuel cell in the front room to supply the fuel cell with cathode gas, and a refrigerant supply pump placed below the fuel cell in the front room to supply the fuel cell with a refrigerant. The refrigerant supply pump is placed forward of the air compressor.
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle which can travel using a power generator that generates electric power based on hydrogen without increasing the size of the hydrogen tank, is provided. An electric vehicle includes a first tank configured to store an organic hydride, a dehydrogenation reactor that has a first passage including a first catalyst for accelerating dehydrogenation reaction of the organic hydride supplied from the first tank and separates the organic hydride supplied to the first passage into hydrogen and an aromatic compound, a power generator configured to generate electric power using hydrogen supplied from the dehydrogenation reactor, a power storage configured to store electric power generated by the power generator, and a motor drivable on electric power from at least one of the power generator and the power storage to rotate a wheel.