Nissan Motor Company Limited

Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Saginomiya Seisakusho

Roki Co., Ltd.

Renault S.a.s.

Shinichiro Takemoto

Toshikazu Torigaki

Hiroshi Uchida

Naoya Matsuoka

Kentaro Kono

Tetsuro Naito

Koji Suzuki

Zhe Jiang

Hayato Chikugo

Michihiko Matsumoto

Tetsuya Aoki

Shigetaka Uehara

Takashi Oda

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Takatada Usami

Keisuke Wakabayashi

Shinya Mihara

Tomoyuki Hanada

Tsuyoshi Takeda

Ichiro Okawara

Takahito Osada

Masaki Koyama

Kazuhiko Osawa

Satoshi Shirayanagi

Masato Odashima

Daisaku Inamura

A composite structural body (A) includes a first metal member (M) having a plate-like shape, a second metal member (M) having a plate-like shape, and a resin member (R) that integrates the first metal member (M) and the second metal member (M) with each other. The resin member (R) includes a first resin layer (R) that coats astride one main surface of the first metal member (M) and one main surface of the second metal member (M), and a second resin layer (R) that coats astride another main surface of the first metal member (M) and another main surface of the second metal member (M). The composite structural body (A) is provided as a composite structural body that has satisfactory moldability, that is capable of securing sufficient strength, and that is suitable as a component of a structure such as a vehicle body.

Composite structure and manufacturing method therefor

Provided is a body side panel body side panel (BP) including one metal panel (P); another metal panel (P) that forms a space (A) between the one metal panel (P) and the other metal panel (P); a resin member (R) that is molded integrally with the one metal panel (P). The resin member (R) includes link ribs (A,B,A, andB) that continuously extend respectively along a front edge and a rear edge of a center pillar portion (CP), and along an upper edge and a lower edge of a sill portion (SL), and includes a lower intersection rib () that is arranged in an intersection region where a lower end portion of the center pillar portion (CP) and the sill portion (SL) intersect with each other. A clearance (S1) from a distal end portion of each of the link ribs (A,B,A, andB) to the other metal panel (P) is smaller than a clearance (S2) from a distal end portion of the intersection rib () to the other metal panel (P). Impact energy in case of side collision is released in two steps. With this, an impact absorbing function is enhanced.

Body side panel

A vehicle body structure includes a body side section () configured of a first composite component () and a body lower section () configured of a second composite component (). Each of the first and second composite components () comprises a metal plate () and a fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion () that contains discontinuous fibers. The fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion () of the first composite component () includes a lining layer formed on the metal plate () and reinforcing ribs raised from the lining layer. The fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion () of the second composite component () includes a planar portion () infilled in an opening () opened on the metal plateThe discontinuous fibers in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion () of the second composite component () are longer than the discontinuous fibers in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion () of the first composite component ().

Vehicle body structure

A method produces a high-pressure gas storage container that includes a liner and a reinforcing layer. The liner houses a high-pressure gas. The reinforcing layer is formed by winding a plurality of strip-shaped reinforcing members around an outer perimeter surface of the liner. The method includes irradiating plasma on at least a portion of the reinforcing fibers, and adjusting an irradiation intensity of the plasma such that an irradiation amount of the plasma with respect to the reinforcing fibers becomes constant in accordance with changes in a transport speed of the reinforcing fibers.

Method for producing high-pressure gas storage container

Provided is a body side panel including: a hat-like panel member made of a metal; another panel member made of a metal; and a reinforcing member made of a resin. The hat-like panel member includes a cross-sectionally hat-like portion formed of a top portion, edge portions, and intermediate portions coupling the top portion and the edge portions to each other. The cross-sectionally hat-like portion is joined to the other panel member at the edge portions, and forms a closed space cooperatively with the other panel member. The reinforcing member is arranged to be joined to an at least one of the top portion and the intermediate portions in the closed space. The hat-like panel member includes corner parts between the edge portions and the intermediate portions. The other panel member includes corresponding parts which correspond to the corner parts, and a rigidity of the corresponding parts is higher than a rigidity of the corner parts.

A body side panel includes a metal panel and plastics that are integrally-molded on the metal panel to reinforce the metal panel. The plastics include a plastic layer formed on a surface of the metal panel and ribs raised from the plastic layer. The ribs have plural straight ribs formed radially from an end edge portion of the metal panel on its outer circumferential side along the surface thereof, and a joint rib jointing the plural straight ribs so as to intersect therewith.

A structure includes a reinforcing member made up of reinforcing fibers that are impregnated with a resin. The reinforcing member includes a first region and a second region. The first region is formed by irradiating the reinforcing fibers with plasma. The second region is formed by irradiating the reinforcing fibers with a smaller amount of the plasma than the first region. The reinforcing member is provided such that the first region is positioned in a location where more strength is required than the second region.

Structure and method for manufacturing structure

A high-pressure gas storage container includes a liner and a reinforcing layer. The liner houses a high-pressure gas. The reinforcing layer is formed by winding a plurality of strip-shaped reinforcing members around an outer perimeter surface of the liner. The reinforcing members are made of a plurality of reinforcing fibers that are impregnated with a resin. At least a portion of the reinforcing fibers is irradiated with plasma.

High-pressure gas storage container and method for producing high-pressure gas storage container

A high-pressure gas container () includes an inner layer () configured such that high-pressure gas is filled inside, a boss part (--) provided at least at one position of the inner layer and configured to cause the gas to flow in and out, and an outer layer () configured to cover an outer periphery of the inner layer to reinforce the inner layer and having a higher gas barrier property than the inner layer. A gas discharge port (--) is provided between the boss part and the outer layer, and a gas ventilation part () is formed between the inner layer and the outer layer such that the gas having permeated through the inner layer is discharged into atmosphere through the gas discharge port.

High-pressure gas container

[Problem] The object of the invention is to provide the filter device disposed in the moist fluid passage of the fuel cell system in that, water is not adhered and never remains in the filter and when leaving it under the low temperature after the system stops, blockage by freezing the filter can surely be prevented, and the complex control and the heat source such as heaters for the decompression as conventional is unnecessary, and the filter device is cheap and compact. [Resolution Approach] A filter devicedisposed on a moist fluid passage of a system including moisture in the fluid, the filter device comprising:

Filter device, control valve comprising the filter device, and fuel cell system

The problem of the present invention relates to providing a valve device that, even in a case where the valve device is miniaturized, is capable of preventing a gas discharge valve from malfunctioning in response to the heat generated by an electromagnetic actuator. A valve deviceincludes: an opening and closing valvethat is arranged in a gas flow passage; and a fusible plug valvethat is provided with a valve bodyoperating in response to an increase in temperature of a gas, and discharges the gas to the outside of a high-pressure gas container, wherein the valve body of the fusible plug valve is arranged on the upstream side in the gas flow passage than the opening and closing valve on a path through which the gas flows from the supply portof the high-pressure gas container toward the fuel cell

Valve device

A system for adjusting temperature of cooling-liquid comprises: a radiator; a cooling-liquid circulation flow-channel; a radiator bypass flow-channel; a thermostat valve; and a valve bypass flow-channel through which the cooling-liquid of the radiator bypass flow-channel is allowed to flow in a predetermined amount even if the thermostat valve is completely closed.

System for adjusting temperature of cooling-liquid for fuel cell, and thermostat valve

An ion exchanger configured to remove an impurity ion of a coolant for cooling a fuel cell, the ion exchanger includes an inflow portion having an inflow path where the coolant enters, a discharge portion having a discharge path for discharging the coolant, an outer casing having an upstream end where the inflow portion is provided and a downstream end where the discharge portion is provided, an inner casing housed inside the outer casing, an outer path formed between the inner casing and the outer casing to cause the inflow path and the discharge path to communicate with each other, and an inner path that is formed inside the inner casing to cause the inflow path and the discharge path to communicate with each other and is configured to enclose an ion exchange resin capable of removing an impurity ion of the coolant. The inner casing has a through-hole that causes the inner path end the outer path to communicate with each other.

Ion exchanger and cooler having ion exchanger

A drainage system for a fuel cell, including a gas-liquid separator configured to separate fuel gas and liquid water from a gas-liquid mixture discharged from the fuel cell, a water tank configured to receive the liquid water separated by the gas-liquid separator, a drain valve in fluid communication with the water tank, the drain valve configured to selectively discharge the liquid water from the water tank, and a control unit configured to selectively open and close the drain valve. The water tank includes a lower portion having a first horizontal cross sectional area and an upper portion having a second horizontal cross sectional area, the first horizontal cross sectional area being smaller than the second horizontal cross sectional area. The control unit opens and closes the drain valve to maintain a first water level within the upper portion of the water tank when the fuel cell is in an operating state and to maintain a second water level within the lower portion of the water tank when the fuel cell is in a stopped state.

Drainage system for fuel cell

A system includes a radiator side flow path for supplying a coolant which has cooled a fuel cell stack to a radiator, a bypass flow path for allowing the coolant which has cooled the fuel cell stack to bypass the radiator, a thermostat valve for increasing a flow rate of the coolant flowing through the radiator side flow path in a case where the temperature of the coolant is high as compared to a case where the temperature of the coolant is low, and an electric heater for warming up the coolant. The electric heater is controlled based on an outside atmospheric pressure and on the temperature of the coolant such that the temperature of the coolant flowing into the fuel cell stack is raised in a case where the outside atmospheric pressure is high as compared to a case where the outside atmospheric pressure is low.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shinichiro Takemoto