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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Koji Katano, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Arisawa, Susono, JP;
Hiroyuki Sekine, Nissin, JP;
Ikuhiro Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Koji Katano, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Arisawa, Susono, JP;
Hiroyuki Sekine, Nissin, JP;
Ikuhiro Nakamura, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell vehicle includes under a floor of the vehicle: a fuel cell generating electric power through an electrochemical reaction between reaction gases; a fluid supply/discharge unit for the fuel cell; and a converter converting electric power from the fuel cell, the converter being contained in a center tunnel provided, at a center in a vehicle width direction, so as to be curved toward a cabin along a vehicle axis in a front-back direction, the fuel cell and the unit being arranged on a rear side of the vehicle relative to the converter and arranged in the vehicle width direction, wherein the converter is provided to be offset toward the fuel cell with respect to a centerline of the center tunnel along the vehicle axis and to be offset toward the unit with respect to a centerline of the fuel cell along the vehicle axis.