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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
May. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryoichi Yoshitomi, Wako, JP;
Tetsuya Fukuda, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04119 (2016.01); H01M 8/04223 (2016.01); H01M 8/22 (2006.01); B60L 50/72 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04179 (2013.01); H01M 8/04253 (2013.01); H01M 8/22 (2013.01); B60L 50/72 (2019.02);
Abstract
A valve is disposed in a reactant gas system apparatus of a fuel cell system. The valve includes a housing having an internal channel as a passage of water, and heaters in the form of rods inserted into the housing. An orifice having a small channel cross sectional area is provided at a predetermined position of the channel. The heaters are inclined from a solenoid of the valve in an axial direction of the housing, and front ends of the heaters are positioned close to the orifice.