Patent ID: 9705140
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A vehicle fuel cell apparatus including a fuel cell stack disposed in a space enclosed by vehicle body panels, and configured to take in air as a reaction gas and a coolant through an air intake aperture area to an inside thereof, and discharge heated air through an air discharging aperture area to an outside thereof, an air suction duct connected to the air intake aperture area, wherein the air suction duct includes lateral side panels, an air discharge duct connected to the air discharging aperture area, and a fan configured to take in ambient cooling air to an inside of the air suction duct, the vehicle fuel cell apparatus comprising: the air discharge duct having an air discharge port disposed in a vicinity of the air suction duct and configured to discharge at least a portion of the heated air into the space enclosed by the vehicle body panels; the air suction duct being formed with a first air intake port set opening at an upstream end portion of the air suction duct, and a second air intake port set formed in at least one of the lateral side panels and opening at a location set nearer to the air discharge port than the first air intake port set, the first air intake port set being configured and arranged to admit the ambient cooling air to the inside of the air suction duct, the second air intake port set being configured and arranged to admit the heated air to the inside of the air suction duct; and a shutter set provided at the second air intake port set to open or close the second air intake port set.