Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Junho Jang

Dong Hoon Nam

A thermal management system for a fuel cell vehicle may include a fuel cell stack, a solid-state hydrogen storage device, and a hydrogen supply pipe, wherein the fuel cell stack receives hydrogen and air configured to generate electricity and discharge water, wherein the solid-state hydrogen storage device includes a first container accommodating a solid-state hydrogen storage material, a second container accommodating a thermochemical thermal energy storage material, a third container accommodating a heat transfer medium, and pipes connected to the first container, the second container, and the third container to circulate the heat transfer medium, and wherein the hydrogen supply pipe is connected to the first container and the fuel cell stack.

Thermal management system for fuel cell vehicle

Disclosed is a joining structure for joining dissimilar materials, such as a plastic plate and a metal plate. The joining structure is positioned or formed at where a plastic plate and a metal plate are joined. The joining structure includes: a self-piercing rivet piercing through the plastic plate to be pressed onto the metal plate and subjected to plastic deformation. In particular, the plastic plate includes a self-healing capsule containing a self-healing agent in a base material of a plastic resin and a catalyst being polymerized with the self-healing agent. The self-healing capsule is broken by a crack of the base material at a periphery of a pierced portion of the plastic plate, and the self-healing agent flowing out of the self-healing capsule fills a gap of the crack and causes polymerization with the catalyst to cure the crack portion.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Junho Jang