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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kevin A. Montgomery, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Hari Krishna Addanki, Novi, MI (US);
Patrick Daniel Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Keith Kearney, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/16 (2006.01); H01M 2/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60K 15/063 (2006.01); B62D 21/03 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/16 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60K 15/063 (2013.01); B62D 21/03 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); H01M 2/0237 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0405 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03105 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03118 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B62D 21/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid energy storage and delivery device includes a plastic enclosure that establishes a first sealed chamber and a second sealed chamber. The first sealed chamber is configured as a fuel tank for storing a liquid fuel and the second sealed chamber is configured as a battery pack for storing electrical energy. Thus, the fuel tank and battery pack may be integrated together within a single enclosure in order to improve vehicle packaging efficiencies.