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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Masahiko Kimbara, Okazaki, JP;
Daigoro Mori, Mishima, JP;
Takehiro Nito, Toyota, JP;
Hidehito Kubo, Kariya, JP;
Keiji Toh, Kariya, JP;
Masahiko Kimbara, Okazaki, JP;
Daigoro Mori, Mishima, JP;
Takehiro Nito, Toyota, JP;
Hidehito Kubo, Kariya, JP;
Keiji Toh, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen storage apparatus that includes multiple gas storage tanks that each house a storing/adsorbing material and through the interior of which a fluid travels is provided. The gas storage apparatusincludes roughly cylindrical gas storage tanksthat house hydrogen-storing alloy. The multiple gas storage tanksare disposed longitudinally parallel to each other in an ordered fashion such that roughly triangular prism-shaped empty spaces are formed between multiple adjacent hydrogen storage tanks. Coolant paths through which coolant flows are formed in these roughly triangular prism-shaped empty spaces. These coolant paths are thermally connected to the hydrogen-storing alloy in the gas storage tanksvia constituent members of the gas storage tanksand via heat transfer platesdisposed on the gas storage tanks