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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Mitsuaki Hirakawa, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Fujino, Wako, JP;
Minoru Noguchi, Wako, JP;
Eisuke Komazawa, Wako, JP;
Mitsuaki Hirakawa, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Fujino, Wako, JP;
Minoru Noguchi, Wako, JP;
Eisuke Komazawa, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle suitable in consideration of each of an electric power supply amount to a motor and a mounting space of a fuel cell or the like is provided. The outputs of a fuel cell and a battery are raised in voltage by a voltage raising device, and electric power of these raised voltages is supplied to a motor. A total output voltage of the fuel cell and the battery, and their total volume can be correspondingly reduced. The total volume of a group is reduced including the fuel cell, the battery and the voltage raising device, and a mounting space of the group in the vehicle. A space of a frame on an upper side of a floor panel and a lower side of a seat in a vehicle interior space can be utilized effectively as the mounting space of the group, without enlarging the space of the frame.