Fuel gas circulation apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10541432-B2
Application number	US-201715437550-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	Feb 24, 2016
Publication date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020

Abstract

In a fuel gas circulation apparatus, a diffuser is accommodated in an attachment hole of a body. An injector is provided upstream of the diffuser through an attachment. A vibration absorption member made of elastic material is provided between a proximal end of a large diameter portion of this diffuser and a distal end of a main body in the attachment, and a ring member is provided adjacent to the vibration absorption member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel gas circulation apparatus comprising:
a body;
a fuel gas supply channel formed in the body, and connected to a fuel cell;
an off gas channel formed in an intermediate position of the fuel gas supply channel, and configured to allow a fuel off gas discharged from the fuel cell to flow through the off gas channel;
an injector configured to inject the fuel gas to the fuel gas supply channel;
a diffuser provided downstream of the injector in the fuel gas supply channel, and configured to mix the fuel gas injected from the injector with the fuel off gas; and
an attachment fixed to the body, and configured to contact the injector,
wherein an elastic member is provided at a connection part between the injector and the diffuser,
a ring member abuts the elastic member,
the elastic member and the ring member are stacked in an axial direction of the attachment and the diffuser, and sandwiched and held between the attachment and the diffuser, and
a distal end of the attachment includes a stepped portion having a reduced diameter extending axially from the distal end, and the elastic member and the ring member are arranged in the stepped portion, wherein the elastic member and the ring member do not project radially outward beyond an outer circumference of the distal end.

2. The fuel gas circulation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a stepped channel provided between one end and another end in an axial direction of the fuel gas supply channel; and
a diffuser step corresponding to the stepped channel provided at an outer circumference of the diffuser to contact the stepped channel,
wherein the diffuser is sandwiched and held between the stepped channel and the attachment.

Assignees

• Keihin Corp
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Koyama Tomoyoshi
• Fukuda Tetsuya
• Inoue Satoshi

Classifications

• F04F5/48

  Control · CPC title

• F16K31/0651

  the fluid passing through the solenoid coil · CPC title

• F04F5/463

  with provisions for mixing · CPC title

• F16K31/0686

  Braking, pressure equilibration, shock absorbing · CPC title

• F04F5/16

  displacing elastic fluids · CPC title