Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell module
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Application No.: US16195198Application Date: 2018-11-19
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Publication No.: US10741867B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Masahiro Katayama
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@24f62688
- Main IPC: H01M8/2475
- IPC: H01M8/2475

Abstract:
A fuel cell module can prevent excessive extending of crack in a cleavage part when the cleavage part cleaves to reduce internal pressure of the housing that stores the fuel cell stack and can prevent the exposure of a high-voltage part inside of the housing. The fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack and a housing that stores the fuel cell stack. The housing includes a partition wall, a cleavage part on the partition wall that cleaves when the internal pressure of the housing increases to a predetermined pressure, a high-rigidity part on the partition wall to surround the cleavage part, and a plurality of elongated protrusions on the partition wall outside of the high-rigidity part. The strength of the cleavage part is lower than the elongated protrusions and the strength of the high-rigidity part is higher than the elongated protrusions and can prevent extension of a crack in the cleavage part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190181486A1 FUEL CELL MODULE Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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