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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Franz Winter, Mainz, DE;
Reiner Essinger, Lauteral, DE;
Thomas Vogel, Griesheim, DE;
Michael J. Gorman, Pinckney, MI (US);
Franz Winter, Mainz, DE;
Reiner Essinger, Lauteral, DE;
Thomas Vogel, Griesheim, DE;
Michael J. Gorman, Pinckney, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A power distribution unit for a vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a bracket connected to the fuel cell stack and including at least one mount adapted to be connected directly to a vehicle to directly interconnect the fuel cell stack to the vehicle, a connection feature, and a traction system communicated with the fuel cell stack and carried by at least one of the fuel cell stack and the bracket with the connection feature disposed between the traction system and said at least one of the fuel cell stack and the bracket so that the traction system is indirectly connected to the vehicle. In one implementation, the connection feature includes an elastomeric pad disposed between a housing of the traction system and a mount or the vehicle frame. The pad provides a so-called 'soft mount' of the traction system to the vehicle.