Parts arrangement structure of fuel cell electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10525811-B2
Application number	US-201816179901-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2018
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A parts arrangement structure of a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) is provided. The structure improves ease of assembly and maintenance of parts, by efficiently arranging and modularizing a fuel cell system, a drive device, and some of electric parts, which are installed within the FCEV.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A parts arrangement structure of a fuel cell electric vehicle, comprising:
a fuel cell stack, a thermal management device for the fuel cell stack, a hydrogen supply device for the fuel cell stack, and an electrical junction box installed at an upper end of a system frame installed in an engine compartment;
a drive device, an air humidifier for the fuel cell stack, and an air blower for the fuel cell stack installed at a lower end of the system frame and modularized;
a water pump for electric parts installed at a front end of the drive device; and
an air conditioner compressor installed at one side of the drive device, to dispose the drive device and the air conditioner compressor in a width direction of the vehicle.

2. The parts arrangement structure of claim 1 , wherein the drive device includes a drive motor using the fuel cell stack as a power source, and a decelerator coupled to the drive motor and disposed together with the drive motor in the width direction, and an inverter configured to operate the drive motor is installed at an outer side of the drive motor.

3. The parts arrangement structure of claim 2 , wherein the drive motor is disposed behind the air humidifier and the decelerator is disposed at one side of the drive motor to be connected to a drive shaft, and the drive shaft is disposed to extend in the width direction at a rear side of the drive motor and is connected to the decelerator to receive power of the drive motor through the decelerator.

4. The parts arrangement structure of claim 2 , wherein the water pump for electric parts is installed at a front end of the decelerator.

5. The parts arrangement structure of claim 2 , wherein the air conditioner compressor is installed at one side of the decelerator, and the air conditioner compressor is disposed at a side opposite the drive motor coupled to the decelerator and, simultaneously, is disposed behind the air blower.

6. The parts arrangement structure of claim 1 , wherein the air humidifier is disposed in front of the drive device, and the air humidifier and the air blower are disposed in the width direction.

7. The parts arrangement structure of claim 1 , wherein a composite cooling module is disposed in front of the system frame, a cooling water outlet of a radiator for electric parts of the composite cooling module is connected to a cooling water inlet of the water pump for electric parts, and the cooling water outlet is disposed to be higher than the cooling water inlet.

8. The parts arrangement structure of claim 7 , wherein the electrical junction box is disposed at the upper end of the fuel cell stack, and a blower pump control unit (BPCU) is separated from the electrical junction box and is installed at a vehicle body within the engine compartment.

9. The parts arrangement structure of claim 8 , wherein a cooling water outlet of the BPCU is connected to the cooling water inlet of the radiator for electric parts, and the cooling water outlet is disposed to be lower than the cooling water inlet.

10. The parts arrangement structure of claim 1 , wherein a side mounting member coupled to the vehicle body is installed at both left and right sides of the system frame, and a rear mounting member coupled to a front sub-frame of suspension is installed at a rear end of the drive device.

11. The parts arrangement structure of claim 1 , wherein the thermal management device for a fuel cell stack is installed at the upper side of the system frame in a state of being disposed at a left side or a right side of the fuel cell stack, and the hydrogen supply device for a fuel cell stack is disposed at a side opposite the thermal management device for a fuel cell stack.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Hei Chang
• Lee Sang Chul

Classifications

• B60Y2306/01

  Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection · CPC title

• B60K2001/003

  with means for cooling the electrical propulsion units · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M8/04858

  Electric variables · CPC title

• H01M8/04126

  Humidifying · CPC title