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US 2006/0214415 A1Published application
Vehicle Frame with Integrated High Pressure Fuel Tank
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsIsaac Rife, Timothy Edmunds, Donald Anderson, George Konstantakopoulos
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Abstract
A frame for a gaseous fueled vehicle is provided. The frame includes a floor pan, a tunnel positioned centrally and longitudinally in the floor pan extending a full length of the frame, and a tank integrated into the tunnel, where the tank is circular in cross-section and has a variable diameter. The tunnel may also integrate two or more tanks.
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A frame for a gaseous fueled vehicle, said frame comprising:
- a floor pan;
- a tunnel positioned centrally and longitudinally in said floor pan, extending the full length of said frame;
- and
- a tank integrated with and extending the full length of said tunnel, where said tank is circular in cross-section and has a variable diameter.
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A frame for a gaseous fueled hybrid vehicle, said frame comprising:
- a floor pan;
- a tunnel positioned centrally and longitudinally in said floor pan, extending the full length of said frame;
- and
- at least two tanks integrated into said tunnel, where said at least two tanks are circular in cross-section and each has a variable diameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.