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Granted Patent B2
US 12,065,031 · App. 17/375,031 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Fuel cell vehicle

Inventor: Takanori Mori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,065,031
App. No.
17/375,031
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a fuel cell vehicle, an occupant room is disposed at a front part of a vehicle body frame, and a rear side of the occupant room of the vehicle body frame is a load mount part. A hydrogen handling device is supported at least by the load mount part. The fuel cell vehicle includes a cover room that surrounds at least an upper part and a side part of the hydrogen handling device that is supported by the load mount part. A load room is disposed on the load mount part of the vehicle body frame. A discharge duct that discharges a hydrogen gas in the cover room upward from between the load room and the occupant room is connected to the cover room.

Claims (22)

1. A fuel cell vehicle in which an occupant room is disposed at a front part of a vehicle body frame, a rear side of the occupant room of the vehicle body frame is a load mount part, and a hydrogen handling device is supported at least by the load mount part, the fuel cell vehicle comprising:

a cover room that surrounds at least an upper part and a side part of the hydrogen handling device that is supported by the load mount part,

wherein a load room is disposed on the load mount part of the vehicle body frame,

a discharge duct that discharges a hydrogen gas in the cover room upward from between the load room and the occupant room is connected to the cover room,

a plurality of cover rooms are disposed as the cover room at a further front position than a rear wheel in a vehicle front-to-rear direction to be spaced from each other in the vehicle front-to-rear direction,

a front cover room among the plurality of cover rooms and a rear cover room among the plurality of cover rooms are connected together via a connection pipe,

the front cover room is connected to the discharge duct, and

a hydrogen detection sensor that detects a hydrogen gas is provided on an upper part of the front cover room or the discharge duct.

2. The fuel cell vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the discharge duct causes the hydrogen gas in the cover room to be discharged externally from a position higher than the load room.

3. The fuel cell vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least two rear cover rooms are disposed as the rear cover room to be spaced from each other in a vehicle width direction,

each of the rear cover rooms is connected to the front cover room via the connection pipe, and

each connection pipe is inclined upward toward a vehicle front side.

4. A fuel cell vehicle in which an occupant room is disposed at a front part of a vehicle body frame, a rear side of the occupant room of the vehicle body frame is a load mount part, and a hydrogen handling device is supported at least by the load mount part, the fuel cell vehicle comprising:

a plurality of cover rooms which surround at least an upper part and a side part of the hydrogen handling device that is supported by the load mount part,

wherein a first discharge duct that discharges a hydrogen gas in a first cover room among the plurality of cover rooms upward at a further vehicle rear side than the first cover room is connected to the first cover room that is arranged at a further vehicle rear side than a rear wheel,

a first hydrogen detection sensor that detects a hydrogen gas is provided on the first discharge duct at a further front position than a vehicle rear end of the load mount part,

a second cover room and a third cover room among the plurality of cover rooms are disposed at a further front position than a rear wheel in a vehicle front-to-rear direction to be spaced from each other in the vehicle front-to-rear direction,

the second cover room arranged on a front side and the third cover room arranged on a rear side are connected together via a connection pipe,

the second cover room on the front side is connected to a second discharge duct that discharges a hydrogen gas in the second cover room upward from between the occupant room and a load room that is disposed on the load mount part, and

a second hydrogen detection sensor that detects a hydrogen gas is provided on the second discharge duct or an upper part of the second cover room on the front side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: MORI, TAKANORI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057030/0381 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-123750 · Jul 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220016973A1 · Jan 20, 2022