F17C 9/02
Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied or solidified gases from vessels not
Official title: with change of state, e.g. vaporisation
F17C9/02 (Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied or solidified gases from vessels not) appears on 609 US grants and 677 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Power-saving liquefied-gas-fuel ship and method for processing boil-off gas for liquefied-gas-fuel ship6 Oct 2026US 12,753,884 B2Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.
- System for transforming a product22 Sep 2026US 12,742,521 B2Eifhytec
- Refrigerant charging system for reliquefaction system for ship15 Sep 2026US 12,736,185 B2Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.
- Vaporizer8 Sep 2026US 12,729,813 B2Suzuki Shokan Co., Ltd.
- Heat exchange system and heat load control system1 Sep 2026US 12,723,780 B2
- Method for Removing Hydrogen, for Completely Emptying a Liquid-Hydrogen Tank, and Use of Same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276150 A1Daimler Truck AG
- Cryogenic sub-cooling17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276151 A1Universiteit Twente
- Assembly for storing a liquefied cryogenic fluid, vehicle and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251269 A1L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Gas supply system for high- and low pressure gas-consuming devices and method for controlling such a system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243393 A1Gaztransport Et Technigaz
- Apparatus and process for utilization of hydrogen gas output from a trailer13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235351 A1Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
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- Combined power cycle with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and synthesis or fuel gas140US 5,295,350 ATexaco Inc. · 1994
- Improved liquefied natural gas fueled combined cycle power plant140US 5,457,951 ACabot Corporation · 1995
- LNG delivery system for gas powered vehicles117US 5,127,230 AMinnesota Valley Engineering, Inc. · 1992
- System for fast-filling compressed natural gas powered vehicles108US 5,409,046 A1995
- Liquified natural gas (LNG) fueled combined cycle power plant and a (LNG) fueled gas turbine plant99US 6,374,591 B1Tractebel LNG North America LLC · 2002