Patent ID: 9172100
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell system, comprising: a fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of cells being stacked; a plate terminal provided at an end part of the fuel cell stack in a stacking direction; a stack manifold adjacent to the terminal; and an end plate adjacent to the stack manifold, wherein the stack manifold is disposed between the terminal and the end plate, a groove is formed on a surface of the stack manifold, the surface being opposed to the terminal, wherein the groove includes a rib that tapers towards a water outlet in a direction towards a front side of the vehicle where a radiator is mounted, the groove, the terminal, and the end plate together form a channel containing cooling water that flows in the fuel cell stack and circulates outside the fuel cell stack, wherein the terminal covers the groove and is in direct contact with the channel containing cooling water, and the channel in the groove of the stack manifold is formed such that, in a state in which the fuel cell system is mounted on a vehicle, the cooling water flows inside the channel in the groove of the stack manifold from a rear side of the vehicle to the front side of the vehicle where the radiator is mounted.