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Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Westport Fuel Systems Canada Inc., Vancouver, CA;

Inventors:

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;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/02 (2006.01); F17C 9/00 (2006.01); F04B 23/02 (2006.01); F04B 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 9/00 (2013.01); F04B 15/08 (2013.01); F04B 23/021 (2013.01); F17C 5/02 (2013.01); F04B 2015/081 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0119 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0147 (2013.01); F17C 2201/032 (2013.01); F17C 2201/056 (2013.01); F17C 2203/014 (2013.01); F17C 2203/03 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0629 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2223/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/047 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0142 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0178 (2013.01); F17C 2260/031 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0168 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0171 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0173 (2013.01); Y02E 60/32 (2013.01);
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.


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