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Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);

Inventors:

Aaron William Beinborn, Greenwood, IN (US);

David P. Genter, Columbus, IN (US);

Kieran J. Richards, West Haddon, GB;

Brian K. Landes, Seymour, IN (US);

Jithin Benjamin, Columbus, IN (US);

Joseph P. Chandraraj, Austin, TX (US);

Agneya Turlapati, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Sravan Kumar Ragi, Columbus, IN (US);

Heonjoong Lee, Columbus, IN (US);

Michael Bates, Columbus, IN (US);

Assignee:

CUMMINS INC., Columbus, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 5/02 (2006.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); F17C 5/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 5/02 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); F17C 5/007 (2013.01); H01M 8/04007 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/80 (2019.02); F17C 2201/056 (2013.01); F17C 2205/037 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01); F17C 2265/065 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0178 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0184 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for optimizing refueling hydrogen in vehicles. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to identifying a refueling station, conducting a safety check on the vehicle based on a distance between the vehicle and the refueling station, switching a power source of the vehicle to only be a battery, swapping an empty or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank on the vehicle with a filled or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank at the refueling station, and switching the power source of the vehicle to include a hydrogen power source.


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