US 12,434,574 B2
Mounting structure for fuel cell system
Hideharu Naito, Wako (JP); and Hideki Ichinose, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,353.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-031885 (JP), filed on Mar. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274492 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 50/00 (2019.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/71 (2019.01); B60L 50/72 (2019.01); H01M 8/2475 (2016.01); B60L 58/33 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 50/72 (2019.02) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/71 (2019.02); H01M 8/2475 (2013.01); B60L 58/33 (2019.02); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting structure for a fuel cell system to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising the fuel cell system;
a drive unit arranged at a position lower than the fuel cell system and configured to drive the vehicle; and
a connecting structure configured to connect the fuel cell system to the drive unit, wherein
the fuel cell system comprises:
a fuel cell stack including a cell stack body having a plurality of power generation cells stacked one another and a case unit covering the cell stack body; and
an electrical unit configured to control the fuel cell stack,
the electrical unit is fixed to an outer surface of the case unit, the outer surface facing a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction of the plurality of power generation cells,
the drive unit includes a fixing portion configured to fix the drive unit to a vehicle body, and
the connecting structure comprises:
a first mount connecting one end portion of the case unit in the stacking direction to the drive unit;
a second mount connecting another end portion of the case unit in the stacking direction to the drive unit; and
a third mount connecting the electrical unit to the drive unit.