FUEL CELL VEHICLE

• Main Authors: FUKUNAGA TAKAO, SAITO NORIHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 16.11.2017
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology that reduces force applied to a mouthpiece of a tank when a fuel cell vehicle collides with some object in a travel direction of the fuel cell vehicle.SOLUTION: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a fuel cell 5 fixed to the fuel cell vehicle; a tank 1 which is disposed at a rear side of the fuel cell vehicle relative to the fuel cell, houses fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell, and is disposed so that a longitudinal direction is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the fuel cell vehicle; and a connection member 40 which connects a mouthpiece 30 provided on an end portion of a front side of the tank with at least a part of the fuel cell. The connection member has a through hole and holds the mouthpiece through an elastic member provided in the through hole.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】燃料電池車の進行方向において、燃料電池車が何らかの物体と衝突した際に、タンクの口金に加わる力を抑制する技術を提供する。【解決手段】燃料電池車は、前記燃料電池車に固定された燃料電池５と、前記燃料電池に対して前記燃料電池車の後方側に配置されており、前記燃料電池に供給する燃料ガスを収容し、長尺方向が前記燃料電池車の前後方向に沿うように配置されたタンク１と、前記タンクの前方側の端部に設けられた口金３０と前記燃料電池の少なくとも一部とを連結する連結部材４０と、を備え、前記連結部材は、貫通孔を有し、前記貫通孔に設けられた弾性部材を介して前記口金を保持する。【選択図】図３