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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Christopher Lee Rovik, McKinney, TX (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a body, a fuel cell stack supported by the body for tilting relative thereto, a pivoting system and at least one control module. The fuel cell stack includes a fuel cell operable to generate electrical energy using fuel and exhaust water as a byproduct, and an exhaust water drainage port in fluid communication with the fuel cell. The pivoting system is mechanically connected between the body and the fuel cell stack, and operable to selectively tilt the fuel cell stack relative to the body. The at least one control module is communicatively connected to the pivoting system, and configured to operate the pivoting system in response to an inclination event associated with the body being tilted away from the exhaust water drainage port. By the operation of the pivoting system, the fuel cell stack is tilted relative to the body toward the exhaust water drainage port.