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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2003
Michael Guidry, Cypress, CA (US);
Masatoshi Takeshita, Iwata, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Iwata, JP;
Yasuyuki Muramatsu, Iwata, JP;
Hiroyuki Inagawa, Iwata, JP;
Shuhei Adachi, Iwata, JP;
Michael Guidry, Cypress, CA (US);
Masatoshi Takeshita, Iwata, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Iwata, JP;
Yasuyuki Muramatsu, Iwata, JP;
Hiroyuki Inagawa, Iwata, JP;
Shuhei Adachi, Iwata, JP;
Abstract
An electric motor-driven vehicle comprises a seat disposed centrally on a vehicle body, a loading platform located over a loading platform receiving frame and behind the seat, and a plurality of main frame rails connected to the loading platform receiving frame. The vehicle further comprises a fuel supply piping system, at least one battery, a fuel cell and at least one fuel tank, all disposed so as to efficiently use the space within the vehicle body, and all protected from external forces by the loading platform receiving frame. A plurality of partition walls separate the at least one battery and the fuel cell from the at least one fuel tank and provide additional protection against external forces to the fuel cell and the at least one fuel tank.