Patents Examined by Wyatt P McConnel
  • Patent number: 10461345
    Abstract: A fuel gas storage and supply system that supplies fuel gas to a fuel cell includes: a filling port including a first check valve; a decompression valve; a fuel gas pipe; an upstream shut valve disposed between an upstream gas tank and the filling port; a second check valve disposed between the filling port and the upstream shut valve; a pressure sensor disposed between the upstream shut valve and the decompression valve; and a controller configured to control opening and closing of the upstream shut valve using a measured pressure value of the pressure sensor. The controller repeatedly acquires the measured pressure value from the pressure sensor over time when the upstream gas tank is filled with the fuel gas via the filling port and closes the upstream shut valve when an increasing rate of the measured pressure value is less than a predetermined increasing rate threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenji Komiya