Patent ID: 7674547

Claim:
A fuel cell housing structure comprising: a fuel cell; an electrically insulated housing containing the fuel cell, the housing arranged to provide a space within the housing surrounding an external part of the fuel cell; a vent gas intake port provided in the housing to allow external air to enter the housing; a vent gas exhaust port provided in the housing to allow gas in the space within the housing to be discharged into an external environment, at least one of the vent gas intake port and the vent gas exhaust port connecting to the space at a position above or on the same level as the fuel cell; and a blocking member, which is electrically insulated from the fuel cell, that blocks water from contacting with the external part of the fuel cell when the water entered into the housing from the at least one of the vent gas intake port and the vent gas exhaust port, the blocking member being at least partially disposed in a buffer space formed between a vertically oriented side of the fuel cell and a vertically oriented side of the housing.