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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Satoshi Mogi, Yamato, JP;
Kazuyuki Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a fuel cell system which can prevent the drying of a proton exchange membrane and prevent the generation of liquid droplets at a hydrogen tank surface which blocks the supply of air, at the same time, and which includes a hydrogen tank, a fuel cell stack disposed such that a first air hole thereof faces the hydrogen tank and a second air hole thereof is open to the atmosphere, and a water holding member provided on a surface of the hydrogen tank facing the first air hole of the fuel cell stack, for collecting and holding water generated in the fuel cell stack.