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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Ryuji Otsuka, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Yoshifumi Takai, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, , JP;
Abstract
An air-cooled fuel cell-powered motorcycle allowing early detection of a malfunction in a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell-powered motorcycle includes a vehicle body; an electric motor for driving a driving wheel, an air-cooled fuel cell for supplying electric power to the electric motor and a hydrogen tank for storing a fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell, respectively housed in the vehicle body; a fan for supplying air as a reactant and a coolant to the fuel cell; and an exhaust duct for discharging the air having cooled the fuel cell out of a rear end of the vehicle body, the exhaust duct having an inlet connected to a rear end portion of the fuel cell.