公开(公告)号：US5370418A

公开(公告)日：1994-12-06

申请号：US154495

申请日：1993-11-19

Applicant: Nicholas Pugh

Inventor： Nicholas Pugh

IPC: B60K15/03 ,  B60K15/07 ,  B62D21/16 ,  F17C13/00 ,  B60P3/22

CPC classification number: B62D21/16 ,  B60K15/03006 ,  B60K15/07 ,  F17C13/002 ,  B60K2015/0637 ,  B60K2015/0638 ,  F17C2201/0104 ,  F17C2201/035 ,  F17C2201/056 ,  F17C2203/0639 ,  F17C2203/0646 ,  F17C2203/066 ,  F17C2205/0107 ,  F17C2205/013 ,  F17C2205/0192 ,  F17C2221/012 ,  F17C2221/033 ,  F17C2221/035 ,  F17C2223/0123 ,  F17C2223/036 ,  F17C2270/0178 ,  Y02E60/321

Abstract: An integrated chassis and compressed gaseous fuel system of an automotive vehicle provide long-range fuel capacity for the automotive vehicle. The chassis is a support structure defining at least one cavity in which a respective tank of compressed gaseous fuel is accommodated. By so designing the chassis to specifically accommodate a discrete tank(s) of compressed gaseous fuel, a much larger volume of fuel can be stored in the vehicle than in the case where existing storage space, such as trunk space, in a conventional automobile is used to store the compressed gaseous fuel. Accordingly, the present invention greatly increases the range of automotive vehicles powered by compressed gaseous fuel.

Abstract translation: 机动车辆的集成底盘和压缩气体燃料系统为汽车提供远程燃料容量。 底盘是限定至少一个空腔的支撑结构，其中容纳相应的压缩气体燃料箱。 通过设计底盘来专门容纳压缩气体燃料的不连续的罐，可以将大量的燃料储存在车辆中，而不是像常规汽车中的诸如主干空间的现有存储空间 用于存储压缩气体燃料。 因此，本发明大大增加了由压缩气体燃料驱动的汽车的范围。