Patents by Inventor Thomas Brachmann

Thomas Brachmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for refilling a gas tank and gas supply system
    Patent number: 10794538
    Abstract: A process for filling a gas tank made from a gas tank material with gas is provided, which process comprises the following steps: a) setting (S10) a nominal gas filling rate such that the tank is substantially completely filled within a predetermined filling time from a predetermined initial gas pressure value, b) determining (S20), assuming hot case tank conditions, a maximum mass-averaged gas filling temperature that will be reached at the end of the filling process, when filling the gas tank for the predetermined filling time with the nominal gas filling rate, c) selecting (S30) a target gas filling temperature not greater than the maximum mass-averaged gas filling temperature, d) cooling (S40) the gas to be supplied to the gas tank to the target gas filling temperature, e) starting the supply of gas to the gas tank, f) determining (S50) the actual mass-averaged gas filling temperature of the gas supplied to the tank, g) estimating (S60) an end-of-fill gas pressure from the actual mass-averaged gas filling
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas Brachmann, Frederic Barth
  • PROCESS FOR REFILLING A GAS TANK AND GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190003647
    Abstract: A process for filling a gas tank made from a gas tank material with gas is provided, which process comprises the following steps: a) setting (S10) a nominal gas filling rate such that the tank is substantially completely filled within a predetermined filling time from a predetermined initial gas pressure value, b) determining (S20), assuming hot case tank conditions, a maximum mass-averaged gas filling temperature that will be reached at the end of the filling process, when filling the gas tank for the predetermined filling time with the nominal gas filling rate, c) selecting (S30) a target gas filling temperature not greater than the maximum mass-averaged gas filling temperature, d) cooling (S40) the gas to be supplied to the gas tank to the target gas filling temperature, e) starting the supply of gas to the gas tank, f) determining (S50) the actual mass-averaged gas filling temperature of the gas supplied to the tank, g) estimating (S60) an end-of-fill gas pressure from the actual mass-averaged gas filling
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas Brachmann, Frederic Barth