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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Katano, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Sekine, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 8/04537 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04873 (2013.01); H01M 8/04582 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell unit includes a fuel cell and a converter. A fuel cell has single cells laminated in a given direction. A converter has a plurality of combinations of a reactor electrically connected with the fuel cell and a power module electrically connected with the reactor. At least either a direction in which first reactors among the reactors are arrayed or a direction in which first power modules among the power modules are arrayed is parallel with a laminating direction of the single cells.