Pressurized gas tank for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGuenter Hans GROSCH, Bert HOBEIN, Thomas Werner STEINKOPF, Rolf Lorenz LOEFFLER, Julio OROZCO SANTOS COY, Stefan KAIMER, Florian HUTH
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Abstract
A pressurized gas tank for a motor vehicle includes a cylindrical axially extending housing with two end pieces axially connected thereto connected together by one or more tie rods configured for axial transmission of tensile force. The tie rods include an axially continuous through-channel configured to be connected to a vehicle cooling system including a circulating liquid coolant to cool the pressurized gas at least during refueling of the pressurized gas tank.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a cooling circuit configured to circulate liquid coolant through a heat exchanger;
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- a pressurized gas tank comprising:
- an axially extending cylindrical housing including end pieces connected thereto;
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- a plurality of tie rods extending between the end pieces within the cylindrical housing and configured to transmit tensile force exerted by pressurized gas within the tank, each of the plurality of tie rods including a through channel coupled to the cooling circuit.
A pressurized gas tank for a vehicle, the gas tank comprising:
- an axially extending cylindrical housing having end pieces connected thereto;
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- at least one tie rod extending between the end pieces within the cylindrical housing and configured to transmit tensile force exerted by pressurized gas within the tank, wherein the at least one tie rod defines an axially continuous through-channel coupled to an inlet coolant connector at one end and an outlet coolant connector at an opposite end.
A system comprising:
- a cooling circuit configured to circulate liquid coolant through a heat exchanger;
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- a pressurized gas tank comprising:
- a cylindrical housing including end pieces connected thereto, at least one of the endpieces defining a gas port configured to receive and dispense pressurized gas;
- a plurality of tie rods extending between the end pieces within the cylindrical housing and arranged in a circumferential manner about the gas port, the tie rods welded or soldered to the end pieces and configured to transmit tensile force exerted by pressurized gas within the tank, each of the tie rods including a through channel coupled to the cooling circuit;
- an end cap associated with each end of the tie rods, each end cap defining an annular channel coupling ends of the through channels of the tie rods to a coolant port coupled to the cooling circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.