US 12,394,809 B2
Fuel cell ship
Manabu Shinagawa, Osaka (JP); Takehiro Maruyama, Osaka (JP); Yasuyoshi Yamaguchi, Osaka (JP); Takuya Hiraiwa, Osaka (JP); and Yukihiko Kimura, Kunisaki (JP)
Assigned to YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,144.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-092712 (JP), filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393201 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); B60L 50/72 (2019.01); B63H 21/17 (2006.01); H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); H01M 8/0444 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04201 (2013.01) [B60L 50/72 (2019.02); B63H 21/17 (2013.01); H01M 8/04089 (2013.01); H01M 8/04455 (2013.01); H01M 8/04753 (2013.01); B60L 2200/32 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A fuel cell ship comprising:
a fuel cell configured to generate electric power by an electrochemical reaction of fuel;
a propulsion device configured to generate propulsive force on a hull by electric power supplied from the fuel cell;
a fuel supply pipe configured to provide the fuel from a fuel tank housing the fuel to the fuel cell;
a duct compartment that houses a part of the fuel supply pipe;
a vent pipe configured to communicate with the duct compartment; and
a fuel filling port configured as an inlet for filling the fuel tank with the fuel, and
wherein the fuel filling port is provided in the duct compartment.