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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Daisuke Kanno, Nagoya, JP;
Takenori Yamasaki, Nisshin, JP;
Atsushi Ida, Nisshin, JP;
Daisuke Hayashi, Nisshin, JP;
Shuji Kurita, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Kondo, Nagoya, JP;
Keiji Hashimoto, Nagakute, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell stack includes multiple power generating units and a dummy unit, and respectively providing openings providing reactant-gas supply manifolds. Each power generating unit includes one or more first supply passages extending from the opening to a central region thereof. The dummy unit includes one or more second supply passages extending from the opening to a central region thereof, and a second supply passage port at the highest position in the vertical direction among the second supply passage ports where the second supply passages are connected to the opening is located at a lower position in the vertical direction than a first supply passage port at the highest position in the vertical direction among the first supply passage ports where the first supply passages are connected to the opening.