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US 6,293,590 B1Granted
Mounting structure of a fuel tank for vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Ogasa
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Abstract
First, second and third fuel tanks 38a, 38b and 38c each packed with adsorbent 39 can be shaped to any desired forms and are installed within space regions 36a, 36b and 36c that are defined by two longitudinal frame beams 26 and 28 and four transverse frame beams 30b, 30c, 30d and 30e. These arrangements provide a space saving mounting structure of fuel tanks on automobiles fueled with natural gas.
Claims2
A mounting structure and a fuel tank on an automobile comprising:
- two longitudinal frame beams provided under a floor portion of said automobile to extend in the direction in which said automobile advances;
- a plurality of transverse frame beams that span said longitudinal frame beams to run generally perpendicular to the direction in which said automobile advances;
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- a fuel tank packed with a fuel gas storing adsorbent and installed in a space region defined by said two longitudinal frame beams and said plurality of transverse frame beams .
- wherein an exhaust line for the automobile is provided in proximity to said fuel tank, and a fuel cooling pipe through which water for cooling the engine of said automobile circulates is provided to extend along said fuel tank so that the temperature of the fuel gas within said fuel tank is controlled with the exhaust gas flowing through said exhaust line and the cooling water flowing through said fuel cooling pipe.
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