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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2012
Naoki Ozawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shiro Matsumoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Naoki Ozawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shiro Matsumoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In a fuel cell vehicle, the power generation amount of a fuel cell into which air is introduced from a front side of a vehicle and from which air is discharged to a rear side of the vehicle is increased while the fuel cell is protected when an impact force acts on the vehicle. A fuel cell case () is arranged in a cage-shaped sub frame () surrounding a front, rear, left, and right side portions of the fuel cell case (), a drive unit () formed by coupling a drive motor () and a gear box () to each other is joined to a rear side portion of the sub frame (), and left and right end portions of the sub frame () and the drive unit () are supported on a vehicle body () respectively by mounting devices ().