Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell vehicle
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Application No.: US14129624Application Date: 2012-06-26
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Publication No.: US10220723B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Koji Katano
- Applicant: Koji Katano
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Priority: JP2011-146104 20110630
- International Application: PCT/IB2012/001267 WO 20120626
- International Announcement: WO2013/001341 WO 20130103
- Main IPC: H01M8/00
- IPC: H01M8/00 ; B60L11/18 ; B60L1/00 ; B60L1/02

Abstract:
A fuel cell vehicle (1) includes: a fuel cell (11); a storage battery (17); a power control unit (10), electrically connected to the fuel cell (11) and the storage battery (17), for controlling electric power in the vehicle (1); a power distribution unit (16), provided on an electrical path between the storage battery (17) and the power control unit, for distributing the electric power from the storage battery; and power-generation auxiliary machines (15) which are electrically connected to the power distribution unit (16) and to which the electric power, distributed by the power distribution unit (16), is supplied for performing operation for electric power generation by the fuel cell (11). The power distribution unit (16) and the power control unit (10) are connected directly without use of a harness.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140113161A1 FUEL CELL VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2014-04-24
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