阅读说明：本技术 燃料电池系统以及燃料电池车辆 (Fuel cell system and fuel cell vehicle ) 是由 高崎文彰 金泽启史 于 2019-06-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供燃料电池系统以及燃料电池车辆,在承受到外力的情况下抑制燃料电池壳体的变形。燃料电池系统(13)具备：燃料电池壳体(140),收纳燃料电池；和辅机(15),被固定于燃料电池壳体(140)的侧面。辅机(15)具有：第一支承部(151),固定于燃料电池壳体(140)；第二支承部(152),在与第一支承部(151)分离的位置被固定于燃料电池壳体(140)；以及主体部(153),被第一支承部(151)及第二支承部(152)支承为与燃料电池壳体(140)分离,在对于主体部(153)向接近燃料电池壳体(140)的方向施加了外力的情况下,第一支承部(151)比第二支承部(152)先断裂。(The invention provides a fuel cell system and a fuel cell vehicle, which can restrain the deformation of a fuel cell casing under the condition of receiving external force. A fuel cell system (13) is provided with: a fuel cell case (140) that houses a fuel cell; and an auxiliary device (15) fixed to a side surface of the fuel cell case (140). The auxiliary machine (15) has: a first support section (151) fixed to the fuel cell case (140); a second support section (152) that is fixed to the fuel cell case (140) at a position that is separated from the first support section (151); and a main body part (153) that is supported by the first support part (151) and the second support part (152) so as to be separated from the fuel cell case (140), wherein the first support part (151) breaks before the second support part (152) when an external force is applied to the main body part (153) in a direction approaching the fuel cell case (140).)

1. A fuel cell system is provided with:

a fuel cell case that houses a fuel cell; and

an auxiliary machine fixed to a side surface of the fuel cell case,

the auxiliary machine includes:

a first support portion fixed to the fuel cell case;

a second support portion fixed to the fuel cell case at a position separated from the first support portion; and

a main body portion supported by the first support portion and the second support portion so as to be separated from the fuel cell case,

when an external force is applied to the main body portion in a direction approaching the fuel cell case, the first support portion breaks before the second support portion breaks.

2. The fuel cell system according to claim 1,

the main body portion includes an abutting portion configured to be separated from the fuel cell case and to abut against the fuel cell case when the first support portion is broken by the external force,

the fuel cell case has a contact portion that comes into contact with the abutting portion when the first support portion is broken by the external force,

the contact portion is provided closer to an edge of the side surface than a central portion of the side surface.

3. The fuel cell system according to claim 2,

the contact portion is provided closer to the first support portion than the second support portion.

4. The fuel cell system according to claim 2 or 3,

the first support portion and the contact portion are arranged along a ridge formed by the side surface and an upper surface of the fuel cell case.

5. The fuel cell system according to claim 4,

the contact portion is formed in a rib shape along the ridge line.

6. The fuel cell system according to any one of claims 2 to 5,

the first support portion of the auxiliary unit is fixed to a position above a central portion of the side surface, and the second support portion is fixed to a position below the central portion of the side surface.

7. The fuel cell system according to any one of claims 2 to 6,

the auxiliary machine is a valve for controlling cooling water for cooling the fuel cell,

the abutting portion is a pressure adjustment portion for adjusting the internal pressure of the main body portion.

8. The fuel cell system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,

the first support portion has a fracture guide portion that receives stress concentration when the first support portion is fractured by the external force.

9. The fuel cell system according to any one of claims 1 to 8,

the second support portion has a connecting portion that extends in a direction orthogonal to the side surface and connects the main body portion and the fuel cell case.

10. A fuel cell vehicle having mounted thereon the fuel cell system according to any one of claims 1 to 9,

the fuel cell system is configured such that the side face is parallel to a side face of the fuel cell vehicle.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a fuel cell system and a fuel cell vehicle.

Background

In recent years, the arrangement of systems constituting a fuel cell vehicle has been studied in the development of a fuel cell vehicle.

Patent document 1 (japanese patent application laid-open No. 2013-247083) describes a fuel cell system including an auxiliary casing disposed on one end side in a stacking direction of a fuel cell stack and accommodating therein auxiliaries, and a boost converter that boosts an output voltage of the fuel cell stack and outputs electric power, as follows. That is, in the fuel cell system, the boost converter is disposed at a position substantially at the center of the overall shape including the fuel cell stack and the auxiliary unit case in the stacking direction and adjacent to one side surface of the fuel cell stack.

In a fuel cell vehicle using hydrogen gas, it is important to suppress the possibility of leakage of hydrogen gas due to an accident or the like. Therefore, there is a demand for a structure that suppresses deformation of the fuel cell case in order to suppress breakage of the unit cells even when an external force is applied to the fuel cell system due to an accident or the like. However, in the fuel cell vehicle adopting the arrangement described in patent document 1, when an impact is applied from the outside, the impact is transmitted from the boost converter to the fuel cell stack. In this case, the single cell in the battery pack case may be broken by the impact received from the boost converter. That is, in the fuel cell vehicle, there is a problem in the structure of the fuel cell stack and the auxiliary device disposed adjacent to one side surface of the fuel cell stack.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a fuel cell system and a fuel cell vehicle in which deformation of a fuel cell case is suppressed when an external force is applied.

A fuel cell system according to one embodiment includes: a fuel cell case that houses a fuel cell; and an auxiliary machine fixed to a side surface of the fuel cell case, the auxiliary machine including: a first support part fixed to the fuel cell case; a second support part fixed to the fuel cell case at a position separated from the first support part; and a main body portion supported by the first support portion and the second support portion so as to be separated from the fuel cell case, wherein the first support portion breaks before the second support portion when an external force is applied to the main body portion in a direction approaching the fuel cell case.

Thus, when an impact received from the outside is transmitted to the auxiliary device, the first support portion is first broken. Therefore, direct deformation of the fuel cell case can be suppressed.

In the fuel cell system, it is preferable that the main body portion includes an abutting portion that is disposed apart from the fuel cell case and abuts against the fuel cell case when the first support portion is broken by an external force, the fuel cell case includes a contact portion that contacts the abutting portion when the first support portion is broken by the external force, and the contact portion is provided closer to an edge portion of the side surface than a central portion of the side surface. In this way, the portion having relatively high rigidity in the fuel cell case is in contact with the abutting portion, so that damage to the fuel cell housed in the fuel cell case can be reduced.

Preferably, the contact portion is provided closer to the first support portion than the second support portion. With this configuration, after the first support portion is broken, the contact portion can be appropriately brought into contact with the fuel cell case.

In the fuel cell system, the first support portion and the contact portion may be arranged along a ridge formed by the side surface and an upper surface of the fuel cell case. With this configuration, the first support portion and the contact portion can be disposed at a position of the fuel cell case where the rigidity is relatively high.

In the fuel cell system, the contact portion is preferably formed in a rib shape along the ridge line. With this configuration, the rigidity of the contact portion can be relatively increased.

In the fuel cell system, the first support portion of the auxiliary unit may be fixed to a position above a central portion of the side surface, and the second support portion may be fixed to a position below the central portion of the side surface. With such a structure, the auxiliary machine can be fixed at a position in the fuel cell case where the rigidity is relatively high.

In the fuel cell system, the auxiliary device may be a valve for controlling cooling water for cooling the fuel cell, and the contact portion may be a pressure adjustment portion for adjusting an internal pressure of the main body portion. Since the pressure adjustment portion of the valve has relatively high rigidity and protrudes from the periphery, deformation of the fuel cell case can be suppressed without separately providing the abutting portion.

In the fuel cell system, the first support portion may have a fracture guide portion that receives stress concentration when the first support portion is fractured by an external force. This enables the first support section to be appropriately broken.

The second support portion may have a connecting portion that extends in a direction orthogonal to the side surface and connects the main body portion and the fuel cell case. This makes it possible to appropriately bring the contact portion into contact with the fuel cell case after the first support portion is broken.

A fuel cell vehicle according to an embodiment is a fuel cell vehicle mounted with a fuel cell system according to any one of the above-described aspects, the fuel cell system being disposed such that a side surface thereof is parallel to a side surface of the fuel cell vehicle. Thus, a fuel cell vehicle in which damage to the fuel cell is suppressed when a side collision occurs can be provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a fuel cell system and a fuel cell vehicle in which deformation of a fuel cell case is suppressed when an external force is applied.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will be more fully understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings, which are given by way of illustration only, and thus should not be taken as limiting the present disclosure.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an explanatory view of an internal structure of a fuel cell vehicle as viewed from above.

Fig. 2 is an external perspective view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a crack enters the first support portion of the valve device due to an external force.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the supporting portion is broken when the auxiliary device receives an external force.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the contact portion is in contact with the fuel cell case when the auxiliary device receives an external force.

Fig. 8 is a diagram for explaining the shape of the support portion.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing another example of the shape of the support portion.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing still another example of the shape of the support portion.

Fig. 11 is an external perspective view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 2.

Fig. 12 is a rear view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 2.

Detailed Description

< embodiment 1 >

The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments thereof, but the invention according to the claims is not limited to the following embodiments. All the configurations described in the embodiments are not necessarily means for solving the problems.

First, a configuration of a fuel cell vehicle in which a fuel cell system according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted will be described with reference to fig. 1. Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an outline of an internal structure of a fuel cell vehicle as viewed from above. The fuel cell vehicle 1 is an automobile that generates electricity by chemically reacting hydrogen and oxygen and drives a motor by the generated electricity to travel.

The fuel cell vehicle 1 has, as main components, a vehicle drive system 11, a boost inverter 12, a fuel cell system 13, a hydrogen tank 17, and a battery 18. In the following drawings, XYZ coordinates of a right-hand system for explaining the positional relationship of the components are shown. In the drawings, the XY plane is a horizontal plane, and the Z axis represents a vertical direction. The positive X-axis direction indicates the right of the fuel cell vehicle 1, and the positive Y-axis direction indicates the front of the fuel cell vehicle 1.

The vehicle drive system 11 is disposed in front of the fuel cell vehicle 1 and is responsible for driving the vehicle. The vehicle drive system 11 receives a current supplied from the boost inverter 12 as a main function to drive an ac motor for rotating the wheel FW. In addition, the vehicle drive system 11 recovers electricity and supplies the electricity to the battery 18 during deceleration.

The boost inverter 12 is disposed behind the vehicle drive system 11, and is responsible for boosting the voltage of the electricity generated by the fuel cell system 13 and supplying the boosted voltage to the vehicle drive system 11.

The fuel cell system 13 electrochemically reacts hydrogen received from the hydrogen tank 17 with oxygen in the air to generate electric power, and supplies the generated electric current to the boost inverter 12. The fuel cell system 13 is disposed behind the boost inverter 12 and below the seat ST. The fuel cell system 13 has a fuel cell stack 14 and a valve device 15. In the drawings, a part of the fuel cell stack 14 is illustrated in a perspective view for convenience of explanation.

As shown in the drawing, the fuel cell stack 14 houses a fuel cell 16 in which a plurality of unit cells are stacked in the Y-axis direction. The fuel cell 16 generates electricity and water by electrochemically reacting hydrogen gas with air.

The valve device 15 is an auxiliary unit of the fuel cell system 13 disposed on the left side surface (YZ plane) of the fuel cell stack 14. The valve device 15 is a rotary valve and is responsible for adjusting the flow rate ratio of the amount of coolant that passes through the radiator to the amount of coolant that bypasses the radiator, among the coolant that circulates between the radiator, not shown, and the fuel cell stack 14.

The hydrogen tank 17 is disposed behind the fuel cell system 13 and stores hydrogen. The hydrogen tank 17 supplies the stored hydrogen gas to the fuel cell system 13. A battery 18 is disposed behind the hydrogen tank 17. The battery 18 stores the electricity recovered by the vehicle drive system 11, and supplies the stored electricity to the vehicle drive system 11 as necessary.

Next, the fuel cell system will be described in detail with reference to fig. 2 and 3. Fig. 2 is an external perspective view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 1. Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 1.

As shown, the fuel cell stack 14 is composed of a case 140 and a frame 143. The case 140 and the frame 143 are screwed together by bolts not shown. The frame 143 is screwed to the chassis of the fuel cell vehicle 1 by bolts, not shown. Thereby, the fuel cell system 13 is fixed to the fuel cell vehicle 1.

The side surface on the X-axis negative side of the housing 140 is a fixing surface 140A for fixing the valve device 15. Two first bosses (boss)141 stand on the fixing surface 140A along a ridge line R1 formed by the fixing surface 140 and the upper surface. Further, a second boss 142 is provided separately from the first boss 141 at a lower portion of the two first bosses and the fixing surface 140A. Screw holes are formed at the top of the first boss 141 and the second boss 142, respectively, for screwing the bolts 20. The first boss 141 is screwed with the first support portion 151 of the valve device 15. In addition, the second boss 142 is screwed with the second support portion 152 of the valve device 15. The valve device 15 is fixed to a relatively high-rigidity region by providing the first boss 141 above the center portion of the side surface and the second boss 142 below the center portion of the side surface.

The valve device 15 includes a body 153, two first support portions 151, and a second support portion 152. The body 153 has an inlet port connected to the pipe 90 for introducing cooling water, an outlet port for supplying cooling water to the pipe 91, a rotor for flow rate adjustment, a rotor driving motor 155, and the like. The rotor driving motor 155 is provided on the side of the second support 152 from which it extends. In other words, the second support portion 152 extends and protrudes from the vicinity of the rotor drive motor 155.

Further, a breathing cap (gap)154 for internal pressure adjustment is erected on the upper portion of the body 153 at a position closer to the first support portion 151 than the second support portion 152 on the surface facing the case 140. The breathing cap 154 is disposed apart from the fixing surface 140A, and is configured to abut against the housing 140 when the first support portion 151 is broken, as will be described later. The respiratory cap 154 may also be referred to as a respiratory valve or a vent valve.

The two first supporting portions 151 extend outward along YZ planes from positions separated from each other with the breathing cap 154 on the upper side of the body portion 153, and each have a through hole through which the bolt 20 is inserted. The first supporting portions 151 are disposed at positions corresponding to the two first bosses 141, respectively, and are fixed to the case 140 by bolts 20, respectively. The first support portion 151 and the breathing cap 154 are disposed along a ridge line R1 formed by the side surface and the upper surface of the fuel cell stack 14.

The second support portion 152 extends and protrudes from the lower side of the body portion 153 separated from the first support portion toward the Z-axis negative side, is bent toward the X-axis positive side, and then extends and protrudes toward the Z-axis negative side again, and has a through hole for inserting the bolt 20 therethrough. The second support portion 152 is disposed at a position corresponding to the second boss 142, and is fixed to the housing by the bolt 20.

Next, the positional relationship between the fuel cell stack 14 and the valve device 15 will be further described with reference to fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 1. Here, the first supporting portion 151 and the first boss 141 are indicated by dotted lines for easy understanding.

As shown in the drawing, the valve device 15 is fixed to the fixing surface 140A by the first support portion 151 being screwed to the first boss 141 and the second support portion 152 being screwed to the second boss 142. That is, the body 153 is supported by the first support 151 and the second support 152 so as to be separated from the case 140. Here, the distance between the body 153 and the case 140 (fixing surface 140A) is D2. On the other hand, the respiratory cap 154 protruding from the body 153 toward the case 140 is also separated from the case 140 (the fixed surface 140A), and the distance is D1 smaller than D2.

Next, a state in which the valve device 15 is broken by an external force will be described. Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a crack enters the first support portion of the valve device due to an external force. The external force F1 is a pressing force generated when an arbitrary object collides from the outside of the fuel cell vehicle 1. The external force F1 acts to bring the main body 153 of the valve device 15 closer to the housing 140 side from the X-axis negative side to the X-axis positive side.

When an external force F1 is applied to the body 153, the component of the external force F1 is transmitted to the first support part 151 and the second support part 152, respectively. The first support portion 151 is set in advance to be broken before the second support portion when the external force F1 is applied. Therefore, if the component force of the external force F1 is applied to the first supporting portion 151 and exceeds the yield stress, the first supporting portion 151 develops the crack BR.

Fig. 6 and 7 each show a state in which the external force F1 is applied to the valve device 15 and the first support portion 151 is broken, and for convenience of explanation, the state of the first support portion 151 and the state of the respiratory cap 154 are shown separately. Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the valve device 15 as an auxiliary machine receives an external force and the support portion is broken. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the contact portion is in contact with the fuel cell case when the valve device 15 as the auxiliary machine receives an external force.

As shown, the first supporting part 151 is fractured after the crack is generated. After the first support portion 151 is broken, when the external force F1 is further applied, the second support portion 152 is deformed, and the upper portion side of the body portion 153 moves so as to approach the housing 140. The breathing cap 154 protruding from the body 153 abuts on the contact portion P1 of the housing 140. In this case, the deformation of the second support portion 152 may be elastic deformation or plastic deformation.

In this way, the breathing cap 154, which is set in advance, abuts against the contact portion P1 of the case 140, thereby preventing the other portion of the body 153 from contacting the case 140. Therefore, with such a configuration, the fuel cell system 13 can suppress an unexpected breakage of the fuel cell.

In addition, in order to suppress deformation of the case 140, the rigidity of the contact portion P1 is preferably high. As shown in fig. 7, the contact portion P1 is provided on the fixing surface 140A at a position closer to the edge portion C2 than the central portion C1. With this configuration, the rigidity of the contact portion P1 can be relatively increased. In addition, in order to relatively increase the rigidity of the contact portion P1, the plate thickness of the contact portion P1 in the case 140 may be increased. Further, the rigidity of the contact portion P1 may be increased by adding another reinforcing member to the case 140.

Next, a change in the shape of the first support portion 151 and the second support portion 152 will be described. When an external force F1 is applied to the body 153, the first support portion 151 is set to break before the second support portion 152. Specific configurations for achieving this are shown below.

Fig. 8 is a diagram for explaining the shape of the support portion. Fig. 8 shows a part of the fuel cell system 13 cut away to show the shapes of the first support 151 and the second support 152. As shown in the drawing, the second support portion 152 has a connecting portion 152b that connects the housing 140 and the body portion 153. The connecting portion 152b extends in a direction orthogonal to the fixing surface 140A.

Since the second support portion 152 has the connection portion 152b, the connection portion 152b is deformed after the first support portion 151 is broken, and thus a rotational moment M is generated in the body portion 153. This makes it easy for the fuel cell system 13 to set the position of the contact portion P1.

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing another example of the shape of the support portion. The fuel cell system 13 shown in fig. 9 is different from the fuel cell system 13 of fig. 8 in that the first support portion 151 has the breakage guide portion 251. The fracture guide 251 is a U-shaped or V-shaped groove provided in the first support 151 in a region connecting the housing 140 and the body 153.

When external force F1 is applied to valve device 15, stress concentration occurs at bottom portion 251b of fracture guide 251. Therefore, when the first supporting portion 151 is broken, a crack is generated from the bottom portion 251 b. With such a configuration, the fuel cell system 13 can easily control the fracture position of the first support portion 151.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing still another example of the shape of the support portion. In the fuel cell system 13 shown in fig. 10, the second support portion 152 does not have the connection portion 152b, and the dimension in the thickness direction is different from the example of fig. 8. As shown, the first supporting portion 151 has a dimension D3 in the thickness direction. The dimension of second support portion 152 in the thickness direction is D4, which is thicker than D3. By making the dimension in the thickness direction D4 thicker than D3, the rigidity in the shear direction of the second support portion 152 is higher than the rigidity in the shear direction of the first support portion 151. With such a configuration, the fuel cell system 13 can appropriately break the first support portion 151 when the external force F1 is applied.

Instead of the dimension in the thickness direction, the dimension in the width direction of the second support portion 152 may be made larger than the dimension in the width direction of the first support portion 151, so that the rigidity in the shear direction of the second support portion 152 may be made higher than the rigidity in the shear direction of the first support portion 151. That is, in the example of fig. 10, the second moment of area in the shearing direction of the second supporting portion 152 is set to be larger than the second moment of area in the shearing direction of the first supporting portion 151. This makes it possible to increase the rigidity of the second support section 152 in the shear direction to be higher than the rigidity of the first support section 151 in the shear direction.

While embodiment 1 has been described above, the fuel cell system 13 according to embodiment 1 is not limited to the above configuration. For example, the first support portion 151 of the valve device 15 may be located below the center of the fixing surface 140A and in the vicinity of the frame 143, and the second support portion 152 may be located above the center of the fixing surface 140A and in the vicinity of the ridge formed by the fixing surface 140A and the upper surface. In this case, the breathing cap 154 as the contact portion is located in the vicinity of the first support portion 151. With this configuration, the contact portion P1 that contacts the respiratory cap 154 is set in the vicinity of the frame 143. Therefore, the fuel cell system 13 can receive the pressing force due to the external force F1 at the position having high rigidity, and can suppress the breakage of the housed fuel cell.

The valve device 15 may have 1 first support portion 151 and 2 second support portions 152. The auxiliary device fixed to the fixed surface 140A may be another type of auxiliary device instead of the valve device 15. The contact portion of the body 153 may be a part of the body 153, and may be configured to be separated from the case 140 and contact the case 140 when the first support portion 151 is broken by the external force F1, instead of the breathing cap 154.

< embodiment 2 >

Next, embodiment 2 will be explained. The fuel cell system according to embodiment 2 differs from embodiment 1 in that the case includes a rib (rib) for fixing the first support portion 151.

Fig. 11 is an external perspective view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 2. The fuel cell system 23 shown in fig. 11 has a case 240 instead of the case 140 of the fuel cell system 13. The housing 240 has a rib 241 on the upper side of the fixing surface 140A along a ridge line R1 (parallel to the Y axis) formed by the fixing surface 140A and the upper surface. By having the ribs 241, the fuel cell system 13 can improve the rigidity of the case 240. The rib 241 has a screw hole for screwing the first support portion 151 of the valve device 15. By fixing the first support portion 151 to the rib 241, the fuel cell system 13 can suppress deformation of the case 240 when receiving the external force F1.

Next, the positional relationship between the fuel cell stack 14 and the valve device 15 will be further described with reference to fig. 12. Fig. 12 is a rear view of the fuel cell system according to embodiment 2. Here, the first supporting portion 151 is indicated by a broken line, as in fig. 4.

As shown in the drawing, the valve device 15 is fixed to the fixing surface 140A by the first support portion 151 being screwed to the rib 241 and the second support portion 152 being screwed to the second boss 142. Here, the distance between the body 153 and the case 140 (fixing surface 140A) is D4. On the other hand, the distance between the respiratory cap 154 and the case 140 (rib 241) is D5 smaller than D4. In addition, a distance D5 between the breathing cap 154 and the rib 241 is smaller than a distance D1 between the breathing cap 154 and the fixing surface 140A in embodiment 1. With such a configuration, the body 153 can be located closer to the housing 240 than in embodiment 1. That is, D4 can be set to be smaller than D2.

In the housing 240, a contact portion P2 with which the breathing cap 154 abuts is provided on the rib 241. That is, contact portion P2 is formed in a rib shape along ridge line R1 formed by fixing surface 140A and the upper surface of case 240. With such a configuration, the rigidity of the contact portion P2 on the fixing surface 140A can be relatively increased. Therefore, the fuel cell system 13 has a structure that suppresses deformation of the case 240 when the external force F1 is applied and the first support portion 151 is broken.

While embodiment 2 has been described above, the configuration of embodiment 2 is not limited to the above, and for example, the portion of the rib 241 that fixes the first support portion 151 and the portion corresponding to the contact portion P2 may be formed in different rib shapes.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in the fuel cell vehicle shown in fig. 1, the fuel cell system 13 is disposed under the floor of the center portion of the vehicle, but is not limited thereto. For example, the fuel cell system 13 may be disposed in a front room (front room) of the vehicle.

It will be apparent from the foregoing disclosure that the embodiments of the disclosure can be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the disclosure, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.