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Body structure element for a vehicle with integrated humidifier

US10651488B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE
AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Frank Minter · Braunschweig, DE
Daniel Schütz · Lehre, DE
Jürgen Stieg · Isenbüttel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2017
Grant date	May 12, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/40
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a body structure element for increasing the stiffness and/or the crash performance of a body structure of a vehicle, comprising a first channel for a first gas flow with a first gas feed line and a first gas discharge line and comprising means for introducing moisture into the first gas stream. The disclosure relates, in other words, to the functional integration of a humidifier for a fuel cell system into a body structure element and preferably the functional integration of a humidifier for a fuel cell system into crash performance increasing element, in particular, an extrusion profile, and a body structural element. The disclosure also relates to a fuel cell system with a humidifier integrated into a body structure element and a vehicle with such a fuel cell system and/or such a body structure element.

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