公开(公告)号：US20180358640A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US15781838

申请日：2016-11-08

Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

Inventor： Takeshi SHIOMI

IPC: H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/0438 ,  H01M8/0432 ,  H01M8/04701 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/04303

CPC classification number: H01M8/04761 ,  H01M8/04022 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/04228 ,  H01M8/04231 ,  H01M8/04303 ,  H01M8/04328 ,  H01M8/04365 ,  H01M8/04388 ,  H01M8/04432 ,  H01M8/04447 ,  H01M8/04738 ,  H01M8/04776 ,  H01M8/0618 ,  H01M8/0662 ,  H01M2008/1293

Abstract: A fuel cell system has an oxidant supplying device configured to supply oxidant gas to a fuel cell, a fuel supplying device configured to supply fuel gas to the fuel cell and a combustor configured to burn fuel off-gas and oxidant off-gas discharged from the fuel cell and discharge thereof. The a control method for the fuel cell system includes a power generation control step of supplying the fuel gas and the oxidant gas to the fuel cell and causing the fuel cell to generate power. The a control method further includes a stop control step of stopping the supply of the fuel gas to the fuel cell and supplying the oxidant gas to the combustor on the basis of an amount of unburned fuel gas of the fuel cell system in the case of stopping the fuel cell system,

公开(公告)号：US20180351193A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US16056116

申请日：2018-08-06

Applicant: Xergy Inc.

Inventor： Bamdad Bahar ,  Jacob Zerby ,  Scott Fackler

IPC: H01M8/18 ,  H01M8/1004 ,  H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  C01B3/06

CPC classification number: H01M8/186 ,  C01B3/0031 ,  C01B3/065 ,  H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/04067 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/04216 ,  H01M8/1004 ,  H01M2008/1095

Abstract: A regenerative fuel cell produces hydrogen that is stored in a reservoir on the storage side of a membrane electrode assembly when operating in a hydrogen pumping mode and this stored hydrogen is reacted and moved back through the membrane electrode assembly to form water when operating in a fuel cell mode. A metal hydride forming alloy may be configured in the hydrogen storage reservoir and may be coupled to the membrane electrode assembly. An integral metal hydride electrode having a metal hydride forming alloy may be configured on the storage side of the membrane electrode assembly and may have a catalyst or an ion conductive media incorporated therewith.

公开(公告)号：US20180294504A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US15937350

申请日：2018-03-27

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Makoto TAKEYAMA

IPC: H01M8/2485 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60L11/18

CPC classification number: H01M8/2485 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60K2001/0411 ,  B60L3/0007 ,  B60L50/70 ,  B60L50/71 ,  B60L50/72 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/2484 ,  H01M2250/20 ,  Y02T90/32

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle with a fuel cell unit, specifically, a vehicle with a configuration in which a fuel cell unit is arranged anterior to a dashboard as well as a toe board located below the dashboard, where the fuel cell unit is arranged to be prevented from colliding with the toe board upon occurrence of unforeseen impact on the fuel cell unit. The fuel cell unit includes at least a fuel cell group, a stack manifold provided on the fuel cell group on the vehicle rear side, and an air valve device fixed to the stack manifold. The stack manifold has a recess portion formed in a part thereof. The air valve device is fixed to the stack manifold with at least a part of the air valve device received within the recess portion.

公开(公告)号：US20180290114A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US15928653

申请日：2018-03-22

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Takayuki SUGIURA ,  Jun OSAKA ,  Naoki WATANABE

IPC: B01F5/04 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  B01F3/02 ,  B01F3/04 ,  F25B41/00

CPC classification number: B01F5/043 ,  B01F3/02 ,  B01F3/04503 ,  B01F5/0653 ,  B01F2005/0438 ,  B01F2215/0098 ,  B01F2215/0431 ,  F25B41/00 ,  F25B2341/0012 ,  H01M8/04201

Abstract: An ejector has an interior nozzle, an exterior nozzle, a suction part, a mixing part and a diffuser part. The interior nozzle and the exterior nozzle are arranged coaxially with each other. A driving fluid is supplied to the interior nozzle and/or the exterior nozzle. The suction part is arranged on an outer periphery of the exterior nozzle and sucks a suction fluid by a driving fluid jet ejected from the interior nozzle and/or the exterior nozzle. A mixing part mixes the driving fluid jet with the suction fluid, and supplies a mixture fluid. The diffuser part reduces a flow speed of the mixture fluid and ejects the mixture fluid outside. An outlet part of the interior nozzle is arranged at an upstream side of the ejector more than an outlet part of the exterior nozzle along the axial direction of the ejector.

公开(公告)号：US20180277879A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15921285

申请日：2018-03-14

Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Kunihiro YAMAURA

IPC: H01M8/2484 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/04029

CPC classification number: H01M8/2484 ,  H01M8/04029 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/2457 ,  H01M2250/20 ,  Y02P70/56

Abstract: A manifold includes an end plate having a flat surface and a plastic layer. A hole for forming a flow path is opened in the flat surface. The plastic layer covers the flat surface and the inner surface of the hole. An inclined surface is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the open end of the hole that is located on the flat surface. The inclined surface has a straight cross section inclined relative to the center line of the hole.

公开(公告)号：US20180272890A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15925073

申请日：2018-03-19

Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Makoto Takeyama

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  H01M2/00 ,  H01M8/04007 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/0438

CPC classification number: B60L11/1898 ,  B60L3/0053 ,  B60L50/72 ,  B60L58/33 ,  B60L2270/00 ,  B60Y2410/00 ,  H01M2/00 ,  H01M8/04059 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/04097 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/04388 ,  H01M8/04395 ,  H01M2250/20 ,  Y02T90/32

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US20180272888A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15880477

申请日：2018-01-25

Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA ,  TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Nobutaka TESHIMA ,  Kei ENOMOTO

IPC: B60L11/18 ,  H01M8/247 ,  H01M8/0438

CPC classification number: B60L11/1896 ,  B60L50/71 ,  B60L2270/145 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/04402 ,  H01M8/0441 ,  H01M8/0444 ,  H01M8/04686 ,  H01M8/247 ,  H01M2250/20 ,  Y02T10/7005

Abstract: A fuel cell system for a vehicle for preventing intrusion of water in a relief valve without providing a casing or a waterproof sheet for the relief valve is provided. The fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack placed in a front room of a vehicle, a power control unit to perform output control of the fuel cell stack, a hydrogen supply path for supplying hydrogen gas to the fuel cell stack, and the relief valve provided in half way of the hydrogen supply path. The relief valve is placed above the fuel cell stack in the front room and includes an exhaust port. The exhaust port is placed facing an upper surface of a casing of the power control unit with a clearance such that the hydrogen gas is ejected downward through the exhaust port in the direction of gravity.

公开(公告)号：US20180266633A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-20

申请号：US15919992

申请日：2018-03-13

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Keisuke FUJITA

IPC: F17C13/10 ,  F17C5/06 ,  F17C5/04 ,  F17C13/02 ,  H01M8/04082

CPC classification number: F17C13/10 ,  F17C5/007 ,  F17C5/04 ,  F17C5/06 ,  F17C13/025 ,  F17C13/026 ,  F17C2205/0376 ,  F17C2221/012 ,  F17C2221/033 ,  F17C2221/035 ,  F17C2223/0123 ,  F17C2223/036 ,  F17C2227/0304 ,  F17C2227/0337 ,  F17C2227/0388 ,  F17C2227/039 ,  F17C2250/032 ,  F17C2250/034 ,  F17C2250/043 ,  F17C2250/0439 ,  F17C2250/0443 ,  F17C2250/0636 ,  F17C2250/075 ,  F17C2260/02 ,  F17C2260/032 ,  F17C2265/065 ,  F17C2270/0139 ,  F17C2270/0168 ,  F17C2270/0178 ,  F17C2270/0184 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M2250/20 ,  Y02T90/32

Abstract: A vehicle including: a tank configured to be filled with fuel gas; a receptacle configured to be connected to a nozzle included in a fuel gas filling apparatus; a filling passage configured to provide communication between the receptacle and the tank; a heating unit configured to heat the receptacle; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a parameter value, correlated with a filling speed of the fuel gas filled into the tank from the fuel gas filling apparatus, indicates decrease in the filling speed during filling of the fuel gas into the tank; and a control unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that the parameter value indicates decrease in the filling speed during filling of the fuel gas into the tank, to cause the heating unit to start heating of the receptacle during filling of the fuel gas into the tank.

公开(公告)号：US10074865B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US14939537

申请日：2015-11-12

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Masashi Toida ,  Yoshiaki Naganuma ,  Tomohiro Ogawa ,  Tsuyoshi Maruo

IPC: H01M8/04 ,  H01M8/04223 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/0432 ,  H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/04303 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  H01M8/10 ,  H01M8/1018

CPC classification number: H01M8/04253 ,  H01M8/04097 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/04303 ,  H01M8/0432 ,  H01M8/04373 ,  H01M8/04753 ,  H01M2008/1095

Abstract: To provide technology that is capable of inhibiting a decrease in starting properties of a pump in a low-temperature environment. A fuel cell system is equipped with a control unit, a fuel cell, and a pump. The control unit acquires the temperature of the fuel cell as a parameter expressing the temperature of the pump while operation of the fuel cell is stopped. The control unit rotates rotation body of the pump when it is detected that the temperature of the pump is a threshold value or less set within a predetermined range lower than the freezing point based on the detected temperature of the fuel cell.

公开(公告)号：US20180244142A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15747908

申请日：2015-07-27

Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Inventor： Taku TAKAYANAGI ,  Hiroyoshi SUZUKI ,  Masanori HAYASHI ,  Naoki HASHIRAYAMA ,  Yuichiro SANEYOSHI ,  Junichi OGINO

IPC: B60K1/04 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60K6/40 ,  B60K6/28 ,  B62D21/02 ,  B60K15/063 ,  B62D25/08

CPC classification number: B60K1/04 ,  B60K1/00 ,  B60K5/00 ,  B60K6/28 ,  B60K6/40 ,  B60K15/063 ,  B60K2001/001 ,  B60K2001/0422 ,  B60K2001/0433 ,  B60K2001/0438 ,  B60K2001/0472 ,  B60K2015/0633 ,  B60K2015/0634 ,  B60K2015/0638 ,  B60L15/007 ,  B60L50/50 ,  B60L50/66 ,  B60L50/72 ,  B60Y2400/202 ,  B62D21/02 ,  B62D21/07 ,  B62D25/082 ,  B62D25/087 ,  H01M2/1077 ,  H01M2/1083 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  H01M2250/20 ,  Y02T10/6295 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T90/34 ,  Y10S903/907 ,  Y10S903/951

Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle interior; a front room provided on a front side of the vehicle interior; a luggage room provided in a rear side of the vehicle interior; a weight part which includes at least one of a drive unit to drive a vehicle wheel and a power source to supply fuel or power to the drive unit; and a battery. The weight part includes a first weight part and a second weight part, at least one of the first weight part and the second weight part includes the drive unit, the battery is provided below the vehicle interior, the first weight part is provided in the front room, the second weight part is provided below the luggage room, and a height of the second weight part is lower than a height of the first weight part.