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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2024
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Tomi, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoshikatsu Fujimura, Toyota, JP;

Keiichi Kaneko, Mishima, JP;

Tetsuya Tonosako, Fuji, JP;

Kei Kato, Nagakute, JP;

Tomoki Nakashima, Nagoya, JP;

Koji Sugiura, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 13/08 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0153 (2013.01); F17C 2221/011 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2227/041 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4973 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49776 (2015.01);
Abstract

In the first step, the gas in the first tank body is supplied to a gas consuming device through a first gas supply pipe by bringing the first gas tank into the first state. In the second step, the first gas tank is brought from the first state to the second state after the gas amount in the first tank body is reduced to less than a predetermined reference a amount. In the step, the first gas tank is brought from the second state to the third state after the gas in the first gas supply pipe has been consumed by the gas consuming device and the pressure of the gas in the first gas supply pipe has been reduced to less than a predetermined reference pressure.


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