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US 7,478,647 B2Granted
Tank manifold assembly
AssigneeFisher Controls International LLC
InventorsTodd W. Larsen, Eric W. Neumann
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Abstract
A tank manifold assembly for use in combination with fuel tanks of Hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles. The manifold assembly incorporates a regulator, an excess flow valve, a manual shutoff valve, and ports to receive separate components. The separate components may include, by way of example, a thermal relief valve, a pressure sensor, a pressure relief valve, a check valve, thermal temperature sensors, and a low pressure solenoid valve. The tank assembly is versatile and easily customized to particular applications.
Claims15
A tank manifold assembly comprising:
- a main body including
- a tank interface;
- a fill port;
- a filter in fluid communication with the fill port;
- an excess flow valve downstream of the filter;
- a manual flow valve downstream of the excess flow valve;
- a pressure reducing regulator downstream of the manual flow valve;
- a pressure relief valve downstream of the pressure reducing regulator;
- and
- a plurality of sensor ports, each of said sensor ports selectively receiving at least one of a group of a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor.
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A tank manifold assembly comprising:
- a main body having:
- a tank interface including an elongate, threaded cylindrical interface portion;
- an axially-extending bore;
- a fill port;
- a replaceable filter received in the axially-extending bore, and in fluid communication with the fill port;
- an excess flow valve downstream of the filter;
- a manual flow valve downstream of the excess flow valve;
- a pressure reducing regulator downstream of the manual flow valve;
- a pressure relief valve downstream of the pressure reducing regulator;
- and
- a plurality of sensor ports, each of said sensor ports selectively receiving at least one of a group of a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.