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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Justin Purewal, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael J. Veenstra, Southgate, MI (US);
Frank Rudowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of filling a hydrogen-storage tank with a metal-organic framework (MOF) includes inserting MOF through an opening of the hydrogen-storage tank to at least partially fill an interior cavity of the tank with MOF. The method further includes positioning a compactor relative to the tank. The compactor includes a tamp configured to change shape between an insertion state in which the tamp is insertable through the opening and an expanded state in which the tamp is enlarged to be bigger than the opening. The method also includes inserting the tamp through the opening when the tamp is in the insertion state and switching the tamp from the insertion state to the expanded state. The method further includes compacting the MOF with the tamp.