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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Hiromasa Tanaka, Seto, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric vehicle includes a fuel cell unit and a power controller unit that are disposed next to each other in a front compartment. Each of the fuel cell unit and the power controller unit includes an upper casing having a lower strength and a lower casing having a strength greater than that of the upper casing. The fuel cell unit and the power controller unit are arranged so that a distance La between the lower casings along an alignment axis is shorter than a distance Lb between the upper casings along the alignment axis.