Patent ID: 7681677
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: B62K,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An intake structure in a fuel cell powered vehicle, comprising: a fuel cell for generating electric power supplied to a motor serving as a drive source for said vehicle, using air and hydrogen as fuels; a supercharger for compressing the outside air and outputting said compressed air; and a humidifier for humidifying said air compressed by said supercharger, supplying said compressed and humidified air to said fuel cell, separating water vapor contained in an off-gas discharged from said fuel cell and humidifying the air newly supplied to said fuel cell, wherein said supercharger is disposed in a periphery of and adjacently to said humidifier, wherein said supercharger is disposed in a position that is higher in the vehicle and further toward a rear of the vehicle than each of the humidifier and the fuel cell.