US 12,482,839 B2
Fuel cell unit
Atsushi Hayashi, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,033.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-175017 (JP), filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127242 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04537 (2016.01); H01M 8/0267 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 8/2475 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04619 (2013.01) [H01M 8/0267 (2013.01); H01M 8/0494 (2013.01); H01M 8/2475 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel cell unit comprising:
a fuel cell stack;
a power converter configured to convert power of the fuel cell stack, the power converter comprising at least a P terminal, an N terminal, an IPM, a capacitor, a current sensor, a branch box, a terminal block, and a resonance prevention filter;
a case, the fuel cell stack and the power converter being housed in a same space of the case with the power converter disposed directly below the fuel cell stack; and
a plurality of reactors provided in the power converter, the reactors arranged side by side along a flow direction of a coolant for cooling the fuel cell stack, the plurality of reactors comprising a first reactor, a second reactor, a third reactor, and a fourth reactor,
wherein among the plurality of reactors, a reactor on an upstream side in the flow direction of the coolant is configured to be driven more than a reactor on a downstream side in the flow direction of the coolant; and
wherein the plurality of reactors are connected in parallel to the P terminal by a first bus bar, and the capacitor is connected to the N terminal via the branch box, the terminal block, and the resonance prevention filter by a second bus bar.