IP Library Granted Patent US 10,654,367
Granted Patent B2
US 10,654,367 · App. 15/956,946 · Granted May 19, 2020

Vehicle

Inventor: Yugo Ichida (Seto, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 10,654,367
App. No.
15/956,946
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a front room disposed at a front part of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a fuel cell stack disposed in the front room, the fuel cell stack including multiple cells stacked in the longitudinal direction; a bumper reinforcement disposed at a front part of the front room in the longitudinal direction; and a buffer member disposed between the fuel cell stack and the bumper reinforcement in the longitudinal direction. At least a part of the buffer member overlaps with the bumper reinforcement, as viewed from a direction along the longitudinal direction.

Claims (31)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a front room disposed at a front part of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;

a fuel cell stack disposed in the front room, the fuel cell stack including multiple cells stacked in the longitudinal direction;

a bumper reinforcement disposed at a front part of the front room in the longitudinal direction;

a buffer member disposed within a range between a front end of the fuel cell stack and the bumper reinforcement in the longitudinal direction; and

an auxiliary-device component disposed between the bumper reinforcement and the buffer member, wherein

at least a part of the buffer member overlaps with the bumper reinforcement, as viewed from a direction along the longitudinal direction,

the buffer member includes a first buffer portion and a second buffer portion, the second buffer portion having a lower durable load in the longitudinal direction than a durable load of the first buffer portion in the longitudinal direction,

the first buffer portion and the second buffer portion are arranged adjacent to each other, and

the first buffer portion is disposed within a range corresponding to an outline of the bumper reinforcement, as viewed from the direction along the longitudinal direction.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first buffer portion and the second buffer portion are arranged adjacent to each other in a height direction of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

at least a part of the second buffer portion overlaps with the auxiliary-device component, as viewed from the direction along the longitudinal direction.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the auxiliary-device component has a higher durable load in the longitudinal direction than a durable load of the bumper reinforcement in the longitudinal direction.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the fuel cell stack includes a stack frame supporting the fuel cell stack,

a part of the buffer member is fixed to the stack frame, and

another part of the buffer member that is not fixed to the stack frame is fixed to a support member protruding from the stack frame.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein

the buffer member is configured to have a smaller durable load in the longitudinal direction than a durable load of the stack frame in the longitudinal direction and a durable load of the bumper reinforcement in the longitudinal direction.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

at least a part of the buffer member overlaps with the fuel cell stack, as viewed from the direction along the longitudinal direction.

8. A vehicle comprising:

a front room disposed at a front part of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;

a fuel cell stack disposed in the front room, the fuel cell stack including multiple cells stacked in the longitudinal direction;

a bumper reinforcement disposed at a front part of the front room in the longitudinal direction; and

a buffer member disposed within a range between a front end of the fuel cell stack and the bumper reinforcement in the longitudinal direction, wherein

at least a part of the buffer member overlaps with the bumper reinforcement, as viewed from a direction along the longitudinal direction, and

the buffer member is fixed to the front end of the fuel cell stack.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2018
From: ICHIDA, YUGO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 045976/0906 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-084239 · Apr 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180304767A1 · Oct 25, 2018
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