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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Nagakute-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Takafumi Yamauchi, Nagakute, JP;
Yasuki Hirota, Nagakute, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, Nagakute-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 43/02 (2006.01); F02M 37/22 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01); F02M 25/08 (2006.01); F02B 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/223 (2013.01); F02B 43/08 (2013.01); F02M 25/08 (2013.01); F02M 37/0023 (2013.01); F02M 37/0064 (2013.01); F02B 43/02 (2013.01); Y02T 10/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat storage device including a fuel tank holding a fuel to be combusted in an engine, a heat storage vessel including a heat storage material that dissipates heat by adsorbing or chemically reacting with a fuel gas that has been vaporized, and that stores heat by desorption by heating the fuel gas, a first flow path to feed the fuel from the fuel tank to the heat storage vessel, and a second flow path to feed the fuel gas from the heat storage vessel to the engine.