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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
May. 07, 1999
Shigeru Ogino, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle with fuel cells which use hydrogen as a gaseous fuel. A hydrogen generator supplier feeds a supply of hydrogen to the electric vehicle and is mounted thereon. The hydrogen generator supplier utilizes city gas as a crude fuel to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen generator supplier is connected with piping which is part of the supply of commercial gas. The hydrogen generator supplier reforms a crude fuel to produce a hydrogen rich gas and subsequently separates the gaseous fuel from the hydrogen rich gas. The hydrogen generator supplier is connected to the electric vehicle by way of a specific connector which enables the gaseous hydrogen produced from the commercial gas to be supplied to the vehicle. Thus, the supply of hydrogen to be used as fuel in the electric vehicle is provided without having a new distribution for hydrogen.