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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Masahiko Kimbara, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Ogami, Anjo, JP;
Akira Yamashita, Toyota, JP;
Nobuo Kobayashi, Toyota, JP;
Masahiko Kimbara, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Ogami, Anjo, JP;
Akira Yamashita, Toyota, JP;
Nobuo Kobayashi, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A tank system of the invention with multiple tanks makes a joint flow of a fluid released from the multiple tanks and supplies the joint flow to a downstream device, which is located downstream of the multiple tanks. The tank system includes: primary pressure measurement modules that individually measure internal pressures of the multiple tanks as primary pressures; a secondary pressure measurement module that measures a pressure of the joint flow of the fluid as a secondary pressure; flow rate regulation modules that individually regulate release flow rates of the fluid to be released from the multiple tanks; and a pressure control module that estimates a supply flow rate to be supplied to the downstream device from the measured secondary pressure, and then sets an allocation of the supply flow rate of the fluid to be released from each of the multiple tanks corresponding to the measured primary pressure with regard to the tank. This arrangement ensures adequate regulation of the release flow rates from the multiple tanks.