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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Mujeeb Ijaz, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Dale Leanhardt, Plymouth, MI (US);
Mike Veenstra, Southgate, MI (US);
Mujeeb Ijaz, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Dale Leanhardt, Plymouth, MI (US);
Mike Veenstra, Southgate, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle and a fuel storage system for a vehicle are provided. A frame defining a perimeter structure and having first and second ends, and a generally open central interior portion, is configured to receive any one of a plurality of vehicle bodies in a body-on-frame vehicle architecture. A fuel cell arrangement is disposed adjacent one end of the frame, and a fuel storage tank is disposed in the central interior portion of the frame, along a length of the frame. The fuel storage tank provides a source of fuel for the fuel cell, and also acts as a fuel delivery conduit from one end of the frame to the other. The fuel storage system can include a non-rigid mounting structure for the fuel tank, thereby substantially isolating the fuel tank from movements of the vehicle frame.