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US 12,043,227 B2Granted
Multi-receptacle fuel filling and storage system and method of using the same
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorsSumit Tripathi, Kevin Labourdette, Patrick Kaufman, Vivek Anand Sujan, Gregory A. Weber
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a multiple receptacle fuel filling and storage system in a vehicle and/or powertrain, and a method of using the same.
Claims20
A multi-receptacle fuel filling and storage system in a vehicle and/or powertrain comprising,
- fuel filling receptacles for simultaneously attaching to fuel filling nozzles,
- one or more fuel storage modules, each of the fuel storage modules configured to be attached to one of the fuel filling receptacles,
- more than one tank comprised in each of the one or more fuel storage modules,
- a sensor located in each of the tanks, and
- a controller configured to manage the fueling of the one or more fuel storage modules based on a pressure rating and a fuel storage volume of the tanks, wherein the pressure rating is determined by the sensor located in each of the tanks based on the fuel storage volume of each of the tanks.
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A method for fueling a multi-receptacle fuel filling and storage system in a vehicle and/or powertrain comprising,
- attaching fuel filling nozzles to fuel filling receptacles in one or more fuel storage modules,
- fueling the multi-receptacle fuel filling and storage system through the fuel filling nozzles attached to the fuel filling receptacles, wherein each of the one or more fuel storage modules include more than one tank, and
- managing the fueling of the one or more fuel storage modules based on a pressure rating and a fuel storage volume of the tanks, wherein the pressure rating is determined by a sensor located in each of the tanks based on the fuel storage volume of each of the tanks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.