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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Thomas Amori, Saline, MI (US);
Josephine S. Lee, Novi, MI (US);
Frank Louis Stellon, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Harold Diuguid Wiard, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/604 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/604 ;
Abstract
An energy storage system for a vehicle includes a compressed gas storage tank having a generally cylindrical outer wall and a generally cylindrical battery having a partially triangular section defined in part by a concave surface extending along and nested with at least a portion of the cylindrical outer wall of the gas storage tank.