Fuel cell vehicle

US9199550B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9199550-B2
Application numberUS-201113983622-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 5, 2011
Priority dateDec 5, 2011
Publication dateDec 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 1, 2015

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This fuel cell vehicle comprises a DC-DC converter constituted of a power input portion, reactors, and switching circuit sections. Connecting portions of the power input portion to the reactors and connecting portions of the reactors to the switching circuit sections in the DC-DC converter are all arranged side by side along a forward-backward direction of the vehicle, and arranged in this state on the side of one side surface of the DC-DC converter on one of the right side and left side of the vehicle.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A fuel cell vehicle having a floor panel provided with a center tunnel extending in a forward-backward direction of the vehicle, fuel cells which are direct-current power sources and a boost converter which raises output voltages of the fuel cells to output a power being disposed in the center tunnel along the forward-backward direction of the vehicle, wherein the boost converter comprises: a power input portion to input the power supplied by the fu…

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What does patent US9199550B2 cover?
This fuel cell vehicle comprises a DC-DC converter constituted of a power input portion, reactors, and switching circuit sections. Connecting portions of the power input portion to the reactors and connecting portions of the reactors to the switching circuit sections in the DC-DC converter are all arranged side by side along a forward-backward direction of the vehicle, and arranged in this stat…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Katano Koji, Sekine Hiroyuki, Nakamura Ikuhiro, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60L11/1896. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).