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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Yoshimine, Wako, JP;
Tetsuya Ogawa, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); H01M 8/1246 (2016.01); H01M 8/124 (2016.01); H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0618 (2013.01); H01M 8/04022 (2013.01); H01M 8/04074 (2013.01); H01M 8/0625 (2013.01); H01M 8/1246 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0071 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell module includes a fuel cell stack and FC peripheral equipment. In the fuel cell module, a stress relaxing portion for relaxing heat stress is provided at least along a boundary between a central area and one of outer annular areas or between the outer annular areas. The stress relaxing portion includes a plurality of curved portions including a first curved portion having the largest radius, and a second curved portion and a third curved portion, which are formed respectively at both ends of the first curved portion such that a space lies on the outer side of each of the second and third curved portions.