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US 10,538,159 · App. 16/020,317 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

High-pressure tank mounting structure

Inventors: Chiaki Kataoka (Nagakute, JP); Shinsuke Kinoshita (Toyota, JP); Osamu Sawai (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K15/03519B60K15/03006B60K15/063B60K2015/0321B60K2015/0358B60K2015/03118B60K2015/03315B60K2015/0634B60Y2306/01B60Y2400/102
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Patent No.
US 10,538,159
App. No.
16/020,317
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-pressure tank mounting structure includes: a case disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin and having a bottom wall, a peripheral wall and a top wall; and a plurality of high-pressure tanks accommodated so as to be lined up within the case, wherein a first hydrogen collection portion that is recessed upwardly is formed at a back surface of the top wall of the case, and a hydrogen sensing sensor is disposed at the first hydrogen collection portion.

Claims (20)

1. A high-pressure tank mounting structure comprising:

a case disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin and having a bottom wall, a peripheral wall and a top wall; and

a plurality of high-pressure tanks accommodated so as to be lined up within the case,

wherein a first hydrogen collection portion that is recessed upwardly is formed at a back surface of the top wall of the case, and

wherein a hydrogen sensing sensor is disposed at the first hydrogen collection portion.

2. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 1 , further comprising a discharging mechanism discharging, to an exterior of the case, hydrogen that has been accumulated at the first hydrogen collection portion.

3. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 2 , wherein the discharging mechanism comprises:

a discharge hole ( 83 ) that communicates an interior of the case with the exterior of the case;

a shutter that opens and closes the discharge hole; and

a control section that controls opening and closing of the shutter in accordance with output of the hydrogen sensing sensor.

4. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein the first hydrogen collection portion is positioned at a vehicle longitudinal direction central portion and a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the top wall.

5. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein a guide portion, which is inclined downwardly toward an outer edge portion of the top wall, is formed at at least one of a front side, a rear side, a right side and a left side of the first hydrogen collection portion.

6. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 5 , wherein a second hydrogen collection portion, which is recessed upwardly and is positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than the first hydrogen collection portion, is formed at a back surface of an outer peripheral portion of the top wall.

7. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein guide portions, which are inclined downwardly toward outer edge portions of the top wall, are formed at all of a front side, a rear side, a right side and a left side of the first hydrogen collection portion.

8. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 7 , wherein a second hydrogen collection portion, which is recessed upwardly and is positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than the first hydrogen collection portion, is formed at a back surface of an outer peripheral portion of the top wall.

9. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein:

the first hydrogen collection portion is positioned at a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the top wall,

a guide portion, which is inclined downwardly toward an outer edge portion of the top wall, is formed at a front side or a rear side of the first hydrogen collection portion, and

as seen in a vehicle plan view, the first hydrogen collection portion and the guide portion are configured to overlap a tunnel portion of a floor panel that structures a floor portion of the vehicle cabin.

10. The high-pressure tank mounting structure of claim 9 , wherein a second hydrogen collection portion, which is recessed upwardly and is positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than the first hydrogen collection portion, is formed at a back surface of an outer peripheral portion of the top wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2018
From: KATAOKA, CHIAKI; KINOSHITA, SHINSUKE; SAWAI, OSAMU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046484/0461 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-154168 · Aug 9, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190047407A1 · Feb 14, 2019
Cited By (1)
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