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Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Masakatsu Tsubouchi, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); B60L 58/30 (2019.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04089 (2013.01); B60L 58/30 (2019.02); H01M 8/04074 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/04358 (2013.01); H01M 8/04753 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is an expander including: an expanding chamber that expands a working fluid introduced and discharges the expanded working fluid; a driving chamber housing a driving mechanism that is driven by expansion energy of the working fluid; an intermediate chamber interposed between the expanding chamber and the driving chamber ; a first seal member that seals a gap between the expanding chamber and the intermediate chamber ; a second seal member that seals a gap between the driving chamber and the intermediate chamber ; and a pressurizing unit that pressurizes a pressurized fluid filling the intermediate chamber.


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