B60K2015/03315

TRUCK WITH REAR WALLS FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE
20220371434 · 2022-11-24 ·

There is provided a truck, comprising a cab and a plurality of storage tanks secured behind the rear of the cab, wherein the storage tanks are configured to contain hydrogen gas. An energy conversion system is configured to receive hydrogen gas from the storage tanks and to convert the chemical energy of the hydrogen into mechanical or electric energy. A cooling arrangement is configured to cool the energy conversion system. A wall is provided behind the cab and laterally of the storage tanks, the wall having its main extension in a vertical plane, wherein said wall houses at least a part of said cooling arrangement.

TANK SYSTEM COMPRISING A CHASSIS, A TANK FOR DIHYDROGEN, AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE TANK TO THE CHASSIS

A tank system for an aircraft, including a tank including an inner enclosure including a closed inner skin configured to store dihydrogen and an outer enclosure including an outer skin that surrounds the inner enclosure, a chassis including a front frame at a front end of the tank, and an attachment arrangement which attaches the outer skin of the outer enclosure to the front frame. A system of this kind makes it possible to react forces through the outer skin, thus reducing a complexity of the chassis.

Pressure vessel mounting structure
11508974 · 2022-11-22 · ·

A pressure vessel mounting structure includes: a manifold including a discharge gas passage branching from a general passage via which a container body communicates with a valve; a fusible plug valve configured to close the discharge gas passage and to, when the fusible plug valve is melted, open the discharge gas passage such that the high-pressure gas is discharged; a case including a bottom face portion covering the container body and the manifold from below in the vehicle up-down direction, the case including a bead placed near the fusible plug valve, the bead being formed by protruding a part of the bottom face portion upward in the vehicle up-down direction; and a communicating opening via which a space under a floor of a vehicle communicates with the fusible plug valve, the communicating opening being formed in a part of the bead, the part facing the fusible plug valve.

PRESSURIZED GAS TANK RECEIVING ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
20230055646 · 2023-02-23 ·

The invention relates to a pressurized gas tank receiving assembly (1) for a motor vehicle (100) for cooling pressurized gas tanks (10), wherein the pressurized gas tank receiving assembly (1) comprises: a) a main body (20) with a plurality of supporting surfaces (22) in the form of channels for receiving the pressurized gas tank (10), wherein the main body (20) is thermally conductive and has a mounting interface (26) for arrangement on a counter mounting interface (126) of a body (120) of the motor vehicle (100), wherein the main body (20) has thermally conducting surfaces (24) for thermally communicating connection to the body (120), b) pressurized gas tanks (10) for storing gas under high pressure, wherein the pressurized gas tanks (10) are thermally conductive and are interlockingly received on the supporting surfaces (22) of the main body (20), which supporting surfaces are in the form of channels, for thermal communication with the main body (20).

WORK MACHINE

A work machine, more particularly a wheeled loader, having a cab for the operator of the work machine, wherein the work machine has a drive which can be operated with hydrogen and that one or more tanks for receiving hydrogen are provided, wherein components for receiving the tanks are provided, wherein the tank or tanks are arranged below the cab and, when the work machine is viewed from above, next to the cab of the work machine, wherein the components for receiving the tanks do not have a direct mechanical connection to the cab, and that an armor is provided which partially or completely surrounds the tank.

Fuel module system
11585297 · 2023-02-21 · ·

A fuel module system is provided. The fuel module system can be mounted on a chassis of a vehicle and deliver a material from a container to an engine at a regulated pressure and a target temperature for optimization of the vehicle. The flow of material can be from the one or more containers to the fuel module system and then to a portion of the engine, wherein the material housed within the one or more containers has a first temperature, a first pressure, and a first flow rate and at the delivery to the portion of engine, the material is adjusted by the fuel module system.

High-pressure tank and method of manufacturing the same
11584093 · 2023-02-21 · ·

A high-pressure tank includes a liner for storing a fluid, and a reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the liner and including a fiber wound around the liner and a resin. The reinforcing layer includes a helical layer group including laminated helical layers, and a large-angle layer provided adjacent to the helical layer group and on the liner-side. The helical layer group includes an innermost layer that is closest to the liner and that is one of first and second helical layers respectively having the largest and second largest fiber winding angles, an outermost layer that is closest to an outer surface of the high-pressure tank and that is the other one of the first and second helical layers, and an intermediate layer disposed between the innermost and outermost layers and including a helical layer that is smaller in winding angle than the innermost and outermost layers.

Fuel supply valve

A fuel supply valve for supplying fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel cell stack includes: a plunger having a hollow therein, a core part disposed on the plunger, and a block part disposed within the hollow to maintain airtightness between the core part and the plunger, and a space in which the airtightness of the hollow has been maintained by the plunger, the core part, and the block part is defined as a pressure chamber.

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GUIDING HYDROGEN CHARGING STATION
20220359891 · 2022-11-10 · ·

In a device and a method for guiding a hydrogen fueled vehicle based on a hydrogen pressure of a fuel tank of the hydrogen charging station, information on a hydrogen charging station including the hydrogen pressure of the fuel tank of the hydrogen charging station is received from a server, and a charging station determined to be suitable for charging the hydrogen fueled vehicle is selected in consideration of an importance of each item obtained from a user of the hydrogen fueled vehicle based on items including at least one of a price of hydrogen charging, a charging standby time, a charging taking time, whether the hydrogen fueled vehicle is able to be fully charged, and a distance to the hydrogen charging station determined based on the information on the hydrogen charging station.

DEVICE FOR FASTENING A TANK TO A VEHICLE
20230032196 · 2023-02-02 ·

A device for fastening a tank to a vehicle is provided. The tank is substantially in the form of a cylinder with an axis arranged substantially horizontally. The device comprises at least two substantially identical, substantially flat frames, substantially perpendicular to the axis, comprising an opening presenting a shape substantially identical to a section perpendicular to the axis of the tank so as to be able to enclose, at least partially, the tank. The device further includes a fastening interface to the vehicle and an impact energy dissipation feature that dissipates impact energy transmitted to the tank according to a substantially horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the axis. The impact energy dissipation features is arranged between the opening and the fastening interface.