US 12,451,506 B2
Stack case
Hideyuki Kanazawa, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/067,845.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-032840 (JP), filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0282863 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 8/2475 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/2475 (2013.01) [H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stack case housing a plurality of fuel cells in a stacked state, the stack case comprising:
a case main body including an opening, the opening being at one end of the case main body in a stacking direction of the fuel cells;
a lid configured to cover the opening and including a discharge pipe configured to discharge generated water from an interior of the case main body; and
a seal disposed between the opening and the lid,
wherein the stack case is configured to be disposed in a vehicle such that
(i) the stacking direction is inclined downward with respect to a horizontal direction as a distance to the discharge pipe decreases, and
(ii) an upper surface of the case main body is inclined upward with respect to the horizontal direction as a distance to the discharge pipe decreases.