Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Nobuo Yodoshi

Hiroshi Suzuki

Go Tejima

Tomoaki Nakashima

Ryo Akagawa

Respective heatersthroughreceive power supply and start heating. The heatersthroughkeep heating sealing layersto or over a softening temperature at which the sealing layersare softened or molten. After the sealing layersare softened or molten to weaken the adhesive force between a pair of separatorsand, the heatersthroughare detached from a fuel cell. The worker then completely separates the pair of separatorsandfrom each other with some tool or by hand and removes an MEAfrom the fuel cell

Fuel cell disassembly method

A vehicle power supply unit is provided, which includes a part made of degradable plastic, which may be a battery case of a secondary battery, and may be a separator of a fuel cell when the degradable plastic is made conductive. A condition in which the degradable plastic is decomposed is different from a condition in which it is actually used in a vehicle.

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Aichi-gun, Japan

Nobuo Yodoshi