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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
Westport Fuel Systems Canada Inc., Vancouver, CA;
Kamal Hatami Aghdam, Vancouver, CA;
Davor Baros, Vancouver, CA;
Cameron G. D. Scott, New Westminstr, CA;
Timothy S. Coleman, Coquitlam, CA;
Samira Barakat-Hamel, Port Moody, CA;
WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS CANADA INC., Vancouver, CA;
Abstract
A fluid storage and pressurizing assembly includes a storage receptacle and a pump assembly. The storage receptacle includes an inner vessel defining a cryogen space for storing a fluid at a storage pressure and a cryogenic temperature, an outer vessel surrounding the inner vessel, and an insulated space between the inner vessel and the outer vessel, and a pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a pump immersed in the cryogen space having an inlet for receiving a quantity of fluid from the cryogen space, and an outlet for delivering the fluid therefrom. The pump assembly further includes a pump drive unit for driving the immersed pump, the pump drive unit being at least partially disposed within a space defined by the storage receptacle.