公开(公告)号：US09714739B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-25

申请号：US14525674

申请日：2014-10-28

申请人： NEW GAS INDUSTRIES, L.L.C.

发明人： Walter H. Killeen ,  Bryan Killeen ,  Carl Guichard

IPC分类号： F17C5/06 ,  F16K11/08 ,  F16K15/18 ,  F17C13/04 ,  B60K15/03 ,  F17D3/00 ,  F16K11/085

CPC分类号： F17C5/06 ,  B60K15/03006 ,  B60K2015/03019 ,  F16K11/074 ,  F16K11/08 ,  F16K11/085 ,  F16K11/0853 ,  F16K11/0856 ,  F16K15/188 ,  F17C13/045 ,  F17C2201/0109 ,  F17C2205/013 ,  F17C2205/0142 ,  F17C2205/0323 ,  F17C2205/0326 ,  F17C2205/0335 ,  F17C2205/0338 ,  F17C2205/0341 ,  F17C2205/0382 ,  F17C2209/234 ,  F17C2223/0123 ,  F17C2225/036 ,  F17C2227/0157 ,  F17C2227/0164 ,  F17C2227/0337 ,  F17C2227/043 ,  F17C2227/047 ,  F17C2250/01 ,  F17C2250/032 ,  F17C2250/043 ,  F17C2250/0439 ,  F17C2250/0495 ,  F17C2250/0626 ,  F17C2250/0694 ,  F17C2265/012 ,  F17C2265/015 ,  F17C2270/0139 ,  F17C2270/0168 ,  F17D3/00 ,  Y10T137/0379 ,  Y10T137/0396 ,  Y10T137/86549 ,  Y10T137/86831 ,  Y10T137/88054

摘要： A method and apparatus for compressing gases and supplying compressed gaseous fuel to a consuming device, such as a gaseous fueled vehicle or the like. One embodiment includes a gas compressor for compressing the gaseous fuel to an array of tanks having predetermined initial set points which are increasing for tanks in the array. One embodiment provides a selecting valve having first and second families of ports wherein the valve can be operated to select a plurality of ports from the first family to be fluidly connected with a plurality of ports with the second family, and such fluid connections can be changed by operation of the valve.