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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Kengo Ikeya, Hamamatsu, JP;
Inventor:
Kengo Ikeya, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2006.01); B60K 11/08 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/24 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01); B60K 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1881 (2013.01); B60H 1/143 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 11/08 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0411 (2013.01); B60H 1/00385 (2013.01); B60H 1/246 (2013.01); H01M 8/04014 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01); B60L 11/1892 (2013.01); Y02T 90/34 (2013.01); B60K 11/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to efficiently heat a vehicle cabin of a fuel cell vehicle by utilizing heat of air discharged from a fuel cell stack. In a fuel cell vehicle in which an exhaust duct configured to discharge air from a fuel cell stack is arranged below a floor, the exhaust duct includes: a lower surface wall facing at least a lower surface of the floor with a predetermined gap therebetween; and a pair of side walls extending from right and left side portions of the lower surface wall toward the lower surface of the floor, and the floor is configured to be heated by the air flowing in the exhaust duct.