Patent ID: 7234551
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: B60L,B60Y,B62K,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell vehicle, provided with a fuel cylinder and a fuel cell stack, and traveling under electrical power obtained through the supply of fuel gas and reactant gas to a fuel cell stack, comprising: support means for supporting both the fuel cylinder and the fuel cell stack so that the fuel cylinder is positioned almost directly above the fuel cell stack; a seating section provided further to the rear of the vehicle than the position where the fuel cylinder and the fuel cell stack are supported; and a shut-off valve; wherein the fuel cylinder is supported in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and at an inclined attitude of a specified angle so that a rear end of the fuel cylinder is higher than a front end of the fuel cylinder, the shut of valve being disposed at the rear end of the fuel cylinder.