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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Valentin Schultheis, Darmstadt, DE;
Thorsten Schutz, Selzen, DE;
Helmut Schuermann, Maxdorf, DE;
Wolfgang Bleser, Darmstadt, DE;
Andreas Bleier, Babenhausen, DE;
Valentin Schultheis, Darmstadt, DE;
Thorsten Schutz, Selzen, DE;
Helmut Schuermann, Maxdorf, DE;
Wolfgang Bleser, Darmstadt, DE;
Andreas Bleier, Babenhausen, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A fuel vessel assembly for a fuel cell-powered vehicle and a method of increasing the structural rigidity of a fuel cell-powered vehicle. A vessel for storage of hydrogen or related fuel cell-compatible fuel is rigidly attachable to a vehicular frame or related load-bearing structure through one or more shells that extend from the vessel. Loads imparted to one or more of the shell, vessel frame are transmitted between them through the connection between the assembly and the frame such that a load-bearing capability inherent in the frame is enhanced by the assembly.