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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2019
Applicant:

L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude ET L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Simon Crispel, Sassenage, FR;

Marcus Buck, Wiesbaden, DE;

Anh Thao Thieu, Saint Cloud, FR;

Vincent Fairy, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/74 (2010.01); B67D 7/36 (2010.01); B67D 7/58 (2010.01); B67D 7/78 (2010.01); B67D 7/82 (2010.01); F17C 5/02 (2006.01); B67D 7/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/743 (2013.01); B67D 7/36 (2013.01); B67D 7/58 (2013.01); B67D 7/78 (2013.01); B67D 7/82 (2013.01); F17C 5/02 (2013.01); B67D 2007/0444 (2013.01); B67D 2007/0451 (2013.01); B67D 2007/0474 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0135 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0393 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0439 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0168 (2013.01);
Abstract

Device and method for filling pressurized gas tanks, particularly vehicle pressurized hydrogen tanks, the device comprising a liquefied gas source, a transfer circuit comprising two parallel transfer lines each having an upstream end linked to the liquefied gas source, at least two separate downstream ends intended to be each removably connected to a tank to be filled, each of the two transfer lines comprising: a pump, a vaporizer for evaporating the pumped fluid, a branch for bypassing the vaporizer and a distribution valve(s) set configured to control the flow of fluid pumped and distributed between the vaporizer and the branch line, the device further comprising a storage buffer(s), which storage buffer(s) is(are) connected in parallel to each of the two transfer lines via a set of valves.


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