To make a reserve tank be hardly affected by the heat of an engine. An engine room (5) is totally covered by an exterior cover (9) including openings (44) at the upper surface, and includes in the inside thereof an engine (13), a radiator (24), a cooling fan (20) for sucking external air and cooling the radiator, and a reserve tank (30) for storing cooling water of the engine. The reserve tank (30) is disposed at a position above the engine (13) and facing the openings (44) and a position on the upstream side of the flow of the air with respect to the openings (44).

A vehicle includes a drive motor arranged in an engine compartment, a fuel-operated vehicle heater arranged in the engine compartment, a fuel tank, a fuel line (22) leading from the fuel tank to the vehicle heater, as well as a cooling air line arrangement (46). The cooling air line arrangement (46) envelops the fuel line (22) in at least some areas for providing a cooling air flow duct (50) for cooling air flowing around the fuel line (22).

The present invention relates to an integrated fuel tank assembly, and a process of manufacturing the same, for use in commercial vehicles, and more particularly, to an integrated fuel tank assembly that allows multiple components to be manufactured as a single integral structure, such as a single extruded device including a draw tube, a return tube, a fuel sender device, and a vent, for example.

A liquefied light hydrocarbon (LLH) fuel system for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The fuel system comprises an insulated fuel tank having a buffer space, a fuel control valve, wherein an outlet to the fuel tank connects to a first end of the fuel line, wherein an inlet of the fuel control valve connects to a second end of the fuel line and wherein an outlet of the fuel control valve is adapted to connect to a fuel inlet to an internal combustion engine; and a tank heating system comprising: a heating element, wherein the heating element is disposed adjacent to or within the fuel tank; a heating power control system, wherein the heating power control system controls the amount of heat produced by the heating element to vaporize the LLH fuel. Methods of using the fuel system are also disclosed.

Fuel vapor emissions from a fuel tank directed to a canister containing adsorbent are minimized by an intermediate condenser and conduit configuration. Condensing and cooling fuel vapor emissions allows a reduction in canister capacity, where the canister can still meet and accommodate refueling and/or diurnal emissions control requirements. Pressurized and unpressurized fuel tanks for various vehicles, including vehicles with an internal combustion engine and hybrid electric vehicles, can be configured with the present fuel vapor recovery systems.

A liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) filling system of a bi-fuel vehicle is provided. The LPG filling system may be configured for reducing the temperature and pressure in an LPG bombe for storing LPG in the case in which the external temperature is very high, e.g. in the hot season, whereby it is possible to easily refill the LPG bombe with LPG. The LPG filling system is configured to cool the inside of an LPG bombe and to reduce the vapor pressure of LPG by supplying some gasoline from a gasoline tank into the LPG bombe using the fact that the temperature of gasoline in the gasoline tank is lower than the temperature of LPG in the LPG bombe, whereby it is possible to easily refill the LPG bombe with LPG even in the case in which the external temperature is very high, e.g. in the hot season.

Fuel vapor emissions from a fuel tank directed to a canister containing adsorbent are minimized by an intermediate condenser and conduit configuration. Condensing and cooling fuel vapor emissions allows a reduction in canister capacity, where the canister can still meet and accommodate refueling and/or diurnal emissions control requirements. Pressurized and unpressurized fuel tanks for various vehicles, including vehicles with an internal combustion engine and hybrid electric vehicles, can be configured with the present fuel vapor recovery systems.

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).