Abstract: A high-pressure tank mounting structure includes: a case disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin and having a bottom wall, a peripheral wall and a top wall; and a plurality of high-pressure tanks accommodated so as to be lined up within the case, wherein a first hydrogen collection portion that is recessed upwardly is formed at a back surface of the top wall of the case, and a hydrogen sensing sensor is disposed at the first hydrogen collection portion.

Abstract: A high-pressure vessel unit includes: plural cylindrical vessels arrayed inside a case, with end portions of the vessels on one side in the axial direction thereof being equipped with openings; a coupling member connected to the openings of the vessels to couple the plural vessels and includes a flow passage that communicates the insides of the vessels; a lead-out pipe that is leads out to the outside of the case from the coupling member through a through hole formed in the case; securing members that secure the coupling member to the case; and a retention mechanism that retains portions of the vessels on the axial direction other side of the end portions on the one side in the axial direction such that those portions of the vessels on the axial direction other side are movable in the axial direction relative to the case.

Abstract: A high-pressure vessel includes a liner, an outer layer, a ferrule, and a seal member. The liner has a cylindrical shape, and is made of a first resin. The outer layer is joined to an outer peripheral surface of the liner, and is made of a second resin having a linear expansion coefficient that is lower than a linear expansion coefficient of the first resin. The ferrule is made of metal, is at least partly disposed radially inward of an inner peripheral surface of the liner, and is configured to provide communication between an internal space of the high-pressure vessel and an outside of the high-pressure vessel. The seal member is disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the liner and the ferrule, and is configured to seal a gap between the inner peripheral surface of the liner and the ferrule.

Abstract: A seal structure of a high-pressure tank including: the first member in which a tank chamber is formed inside; and the second member which is fitted into the opening hole of the first member and provided with an annular groove formed on an outer peripheral surface, the seal structure includes: a seal member, having an annular shape, configured to be disposed on the tank chamber side in the groove; and a first back-up member and a second back-up member configured to be disposed further to the side opposite to the tank chamber side than the seal member in the groove, to include inclined surface parts respectively opposite to each other. The inclined surface part of the first back-up member includes a crest folding corner part in which a first low angle inclined part and a first high angle inclined part are connected to each other.

Abstract: Reinforcement layers are each formed in a belt shape set with a smaller width than a diameter dimension of a container body. Each reinforcement layer has its length direction along an axial direction of the container body and spans between one axial direction side end and another axial direction side end of the container body, including at caps. Moreover, the reinforcement layers span across the caps and the container body at locations other than maximum diameter portions, these being locations where the diameter dimensions of the cap and the container body are greatest in a direction orthogonal to a direction of adjacency of the container body with other container bodies as viewed along the axial direction.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe structure includes a first pipe portion, a second pipe portion, and a third pipe portion. The first pipe portion is arranged below a floor panel of the vehicle, and extends in a horizontal direction in a vehicle side view. The second pipe portion communicates with a front end of the first pipe portion, and has a bottom portion recessed downward below a lower end of the front end and a top portion protruding downward below an upper end of the front end. The third pipe portion communicates with a rear end of the first pipe portion, and has a bottom portion recessed downward below a lower end of the rear end and a top portion protruding downward below an upper end of the rear end.

Abstract: A high-pressure tank mounting structure includes a case that is disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin and that has a bottom wall, a peripheral wall and a top wall; a plurality of high-pressure tanks that are accommodated so as to be lined up within the case; and a discharge hole that is formed at an upper portion of the case and discharges, to an exterior of the case, hydrogen that has permeated from the high-pressure tanks.

Abstract: A high-pressure tank mounting structure includes a case that is disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin and that has a bottom wall, a peripheral wall and a top wall; a plurality of high-pressure tanks that are accommodated so as to be lined up within the case; and a discharge hole that is formed at an upper portion of the case and discharges, to an exterior of the case, hydrogen that has permeated from the high-pressure tanks.

Abstract: An end of a shell forming a high-pressure container is opened to form an opening. A cap is disposed partially inside the opening to close the opening. A shell reinforcing layer having a first reinforcing layer that is made of a first fiber-reinforced resin having a fiber direction oriented in a circumferential direction, and a second reinforcing layer that is integrated with the first reinforcing layer and made of a second fiber-reinforced resin having a fiber direction oriented in an axial direction, is wrapped in layers around an outer circumferential surface of the shell. The second reinforcing layer is placed over a region of the first reinforcing layer.

Abstract: A connection structure for pressure vessels is configured such that respective mouth pieces are connected to at least one ends of the pressure vessels, and when adjacent mouth pieces are connected to each other in an intersection direction intersecting with the axial direction, the pressure vessels placed in parallel can be connected to each other. The mouth piece includes a connecting portion along the intersection direction intersecting with the axial direction. The connecting portion includes an external screw thread portion formed on a first side thereof, and a nut rotatably locked to a second side thereof and having an internal screw thread portion threadedly engageable with the external screw thread portion.

Abstract: Plural canister bodies supported by rocker members are disposed below a floor panel. The canister bodies are housed in a case. Lower couplers are disposed above the canister bodies. The lower couplers abut a cover member of the case. Upper couplers are disposed between the cover member and the floor panel.

Abstract: A high pressure canister unit includes: plural arrayed canister bodies, each canister body being formed in a circular cylinder shape, and including an opening at at least one end portion in its axial direction; a coupling member that is connected to the opening of each of the canister bodies and that couples the plural canister bodies together, and the coupling member including a flow path placing interiors of the canister bodies in communication with each other; a box-shaped case that is configured to house the plural canister bodies and the coupling member, the case including a through hole; and a leader tube that is provided to the coupling member, that leads out to an exterior of the case through the through hole of the case, and to which a valve capable of opening and closing the flow path is attached.

Abstract: A high-pressure tank mounting structure includes: a case disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin and having a bottom wall, a peripheral wall and a top wall; and a plurality of high-pressure tanks accommodated so as to be lined up within the case, wherein a first hydrogen collection portion that is recessed upwardly is formed at a back surface of the top wall of the case, and a hydrogen sensing sensor is disposed at the first hydrogen collection portion.

Abstract: A high-pressure vessel includes a liner, an outer layer, a ferrule, and a seal member. The liner has a cylindrical shape, and is made of a first resin. The outer layer is joined to an outer peripheral surface of the liner, and is made of a second resin having a linear expansion coefficient that is lower than a linear expansion coefficient of the first resin. The ferrule is made of metal, is at least partly disposed radially inward of an inner peripheral surface of the liner, and is configured to provide communication between an internal space of the high-pressure vessel and an outside of the high-pressure vessel. The seal member is disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the liner and the ferrule, and is configured to seal a gap between the inner peripheral surface of the liner and the ferrule.

Abstract: A high-pressure vessel unit includes: plural cylindrical vessels arrayed inside a case, with end portions of the vessels on one side in the axial direction thereof being equipped with openings; a coupling member connected to the openings of the vessels to couple the plural vessels and includes a flow passage that communicates the insides of the vessels; a lead-out pipe that is leads out to the outside of the case from the coupling member through a through hole formed in the case; securing members that secure the coupling member to the case; and a retention mechanism that retains portions of the vessels on the axial direction other side of the end portions on the one side in the axial direction such that those portions of the vessels on the axial direction other side are movable in the axial direction relative to the case.

Abstract: There is provided a high pressure container including (i) a plurality of container bodies, each of the container bodies housing a fluid in a high pressure state and being able to release the fluid through a release portion, (ii) an opening section that is linked to the container bodies, and that opens at or above a predetermined opening temperature to release the fluid inside the container bodies, and (iii) a cover member that straddles the plurality of container bodies, that covers at least a portion of the plurality of container bodies, that is able to withstand a temperature of no less than the opening temperature, that is linked to the opening section, and that is capable of transmitting heat to the opening section.

Abstract: A high-pressure vessel includes: a body portion formed in a cylindrical shape, with at least one end portion of the body portion, in an axial direction thereof, being open; a cap, at least part of which is inserted inside at least one open end portion of the body portion to plug the at least one open end portion; a first reinforcement layer provided on an outer peripheral surface of the body portion and made of fiber-reinforced plastic, a fiber direction of which coincides with a circumferential direction of the body portion; and a second reinforcement layer integrated with the first reinforcement layer and made of fiber-reinforced plastic including fibers that bridge one end portion and another end portion, in the axial direction, of the body portion.

Abstract: A high-pressure vessel includes: a body portion formed in an open cylindrical shape; a cap, at least a part of the cap being inserted inside an opening of at least one end portion of the body portion to thereby plug the end portion; a first reinforcement layer provided at an outer peripheral surface of the body portion and configured by fiber-reinforced plastic having a fiber direction that coincides with a circumferential direction of the body portion; and a second reinforcement layer configured by fiber-reinforced plastic including fibers that pass through a center portion of the cap, as seen in the axial direction of the body portion, and that are disposed parallel to the axial direction of the body portion, as seen in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the body portion.

Abstract: A high-pressure container includes a body part having a cylindrical shape and including an opening at at least one of axially opposite end portions thereof, a cap that closes the opening of the body part and is displaceable in an axial direction of the body part, and a seal member provided between the body part and the cap, and the seal member provides a seal between the body part and the cap displaced relative to the body part.

Abstract: A high-pressure container has a body part, and a cap inserted in the body part, and the body part has a cylindrical liner, and a reinforcement layer provided on an outer circumferential surface of the liner for reinforcing the liner. The cap has a contact portion that contacts with an inner circumferential surface of the liner, a through-hole that communicates the inside of the body part with the outside, and a projecting portion that is pressed outward in radial directions of the body part, and bites into the reinforcement layer, so as to inhibit the cap from moving in the axial direction.