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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Hitoshi Hamada, Gotenba, JP;

Hideyuki Kanazawa, Toyota, JP;

Terufumi Kobayashi, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2475 (2016.01); B60L 50/72 (2019.01); B60L 50/71 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2475 (2013.01); B60L 50/71 (2019.02); B60L 50/72 (2019.02); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/202 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fuel cell device that can prevent exposure of a cell stack to the outside of a stack case, and a vehicle with the same mounted thereon. The fuel cell device includes a cell stack, end plates disposed at opposite ends of the cell stack in a stacking direction of fuel cells, and a stack case housing the cell stack and end plates. The stack case has a bottom surface portion, end plate facing portions facing the respective end plates, side surface portions extending in the stacking direction, and mount portions disposed near corner portions between the respective side surface portions and end plate facing portions and on outer walls of the respective side surface portions such that the mount portions are positioned in a pair across the bottom surface portion. The bottom surface portion has rib portions disposed thereon that each extends between a pair of the mount portions.


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