Nissan Motor Company Limited

Hisashi Nakata

Takeshi Shiomi

Akihiro Asai

Tetsuo Uozumi

A fuel cell system for a vehicle () includes a fuel cell () configured to react fuel gas and oxidizing gas with each other and generate electricity; a system frame () fixed under a floor of a body of the vehicle and supporting the fuel cell (); a driving motor () configured to drive the vehicle, arranged in a motor compartment (R); and a high-voltage cable () configured to transmit high-voltage power generated by the fuel cell () to the driving motor (), the high-voltage cable () having apart extended across the system frame, the part is arranged on an inner side of the system frame () and is along a frame member () of the system frame ().

Fuel cell system for vehicle and vehicle

A fuel cell electric vehicle includes a driving motor for driving a pair of wheels, a fuel cell for generating electricity used in the driving motor with the fuel cell being disposed above the driving motor, and supply/discharge manifolds. The supply/discharge manifolds are for transporting the fuel gas, the oxidizing gas and the coolant to or from the fuel cell from lateral end portions of a lower part of the fuel cell so that the fuel gas, the oxidizing gas and the coolant supplied to and discharged from the fuel cell flow in a substantially vertical direction with respect to a vehicle without the fuel gas, the oxidizing gas and the coolant passing through a center portion between the lower part of the fuel cell and an upper part of the driving motor.

Fuel cell electric vehicle

A fuel cell electric vehicle includes a driving motor, a fuel cell and first and second supply/discharge manifolds. The driving motor is disposed between a pair of wheels. The fuel cell is disposed above the driving motor and has a plurality of unit cells stacked in a vertical direction of a vehicle. The fuel cell includes a plurality of through-manifolds configured and arranged to distribute a fuel gas, an oxidizing gas and a coolant to the unit cells. The first and second supply/discharge manifolds are disposed adjacent to first and second lateral end portions of the driving motor, respectively, with respect to a lateral direction of the vehicle. The first and second supply/discharge manifolds include a plurality of fluid connection ports for transporting the fuel gas, the oxidizing gas and the coolant at positions that substantially overlap with positions of the through-manifolds.

A fuel cell automobile basically comprises a fuel cell, a cooling system, and a coolant pipe unit. The fuel cell is disposed under a floor panel of a vehicle. The cooling system is configured and arranged to regulate temperature of the fuel cell using a coolant. The cooling system includes at least one cooling system component part that is disposed in a front portion of the vehicle. The coolant pipe unit extends between the fuel cell and the cooling system component part. The coolant pipe unit has a generally horizontal portion disposed in a space under the floor panel and a slope portion extending and sloping continuously upwardly from the horizontal portion to the cooling system component part above the floor panel.

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Yokosuka, Japan

Hisashi Nakata