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US 10,763,525 B2Granted
Device for supplying fuel to a motor vehicle having a fuel cell
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorJürgen Kapfhamer
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Abstract
A device for supplying fuel to a motor vehicle having a fuel cell, comprising a generating device for generating hydrogen, a filling device for filling an exchangeable hydrogen storage device with hydrogen generated, and a loading and unloading device for the automatic unloading of an emptied hydrogen storage device from a mounting device of the motor vehicle, as well as for loading the mounting device with a filled hydrogen storage device.
Claims20
A device for supplying fuel to a motor vehicle having a fuel cell, comprising:
- a generating device for generating hydrogen;
- a filling device for filling an exchangeable hydrogen storage device with hydrogen generated;
- a loading and unloading device configured to automatically:
- unload first and second empty hydrogen storage devices from first and second mounting devices of the motor vehicle into the loading and unloading device;
- after unloading the first and second empty hydrogen storage devices, move the first empty hydrogen storage device and a first full hydrogen storage device adjacent to the first empty hydrogen storage device horizontally with respect to the motor vehicle;
- after moving the first empty hydrogen storage device and the first full hydrogen storage device, load the first mounting device with the first full hydrogen storage device;
- after loading the first mounting device, move the first empty hydrogen storage device, the second empty storage device, and a second full h hydrogen storage device adjacent to the second empty hydrogen storage device horizontally with respect to the motor vehicle;
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- after moving the first empty hydrogen storage device, the second empty hydrogen storage device and the second full hydrogen storage device, load the second mounting device with the second full hydrogen storage device,
- a detection device for detecting a position of the motor vehicle relative to the loading and unloading device;
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- a display device of the motor vehicle for outputting information corresponding to the position of the motor vehicle relative to the loading and unloading device.
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A method of supplying fuel to a motor vehicle having a fuel cell, comprising:
- generating hydrogen at a hydrogen generator;
- filling an exchangeable hydrogen storage device with the generated hydrogen;
- automatically unloading first and second empty hydrogen storage devices from first and second mounting devices of the motor vehicle into a loading and unloading device;
- after unloading the first and second empty hydrogen storage devices, automatically moving the first and second empty hydrogen storage devices and first and second full hydrogen storage devices horizontally with respect to the motor vehicle,
- after moving the first and second empty hydrogen storage devices and the first and second full hydrogen storage devices, automatically loading the first and second mounting devices of the motor vehicle with the first and second full hydrogen storage devices from the loading and unloading device;
- detecting a position of the motor vehicle relative to the hydrogen generator using a camera;
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- outputting information corresponding the position of the motor vehicle relative to the hydrogen generator for use by an operator of the motor vehicle using at least one digital display device in the motor vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.