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US 7,419,060 B2Granted
Integrated fuel container and impurity removal cartridge
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlan R Arthur, Philip H. Harding
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Abstract
A fuel supply for a fuel cell including a fuel container and an impurity removal cartridge connected to the fuel container, where both the fuel container and the impurity removal cartridge are integrated into a single unit.
Claims36
A fuel cell and odorized fuel system comprising an odorant removal cartridge for use with a fuel container, said system comprising:
- a fuel cell system;
- said fuel container configured to be coupled to said fuel cell system and containing a fuel for said fuel cell system, wherein said fuel has an added odorant added to said fuel to facilitate leak detection;
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- said cartridge, wherein said cartridge comprises:
- a body with a distal and a proximal end;
- a fuel flow pat tat extends through said body from said distal end to said proximal end;
- a first coupler disposed on said distal end of said body for fluidly coupling said odorant removal cartridge to an outlet of said fuel container that is configured to hold a quantity of an odorized fuel;
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- a fuel-filtering material disposed in said fuel flow pat tat removes said odorant from fuel in said fuel flow path;
- wherein said fuel container and said odorant removal cartridge may be simultaneously replaced as a single unit.
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An odorized fuel system comprising an odorant removal cartridge for use with a fuel container, said system comprising:
- said fuel container configured to hold a quantity of an odorized fuel;
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- said odorant removal cartridge coupled to said fuel container, wherein said cartridge comprises:
- a body with a distal and a proximal end;
- a fuel flow path that extends through said body from said distal end to said proximal end;
- a first coupler disposed on said distal end of said body that fluidly couples said odorant removal cartridge to an outlet on an exterior of said fuel container;
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- a fuel-filtering material disposed in said fuel flow path that removes said odorant from fuel in said fuel flow path;
- wherein said fuel container and said odorant removal cartridge are simultaneously replaced as a single unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.