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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
James W. Dandalides, Macomb, MI (US);
David A. Young, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Robert Metzenmacher, Mainz, DE;
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/063 (2006.01); B60G 11/04 (2006.01); B60G 7/02 (2006.01); B60K 15/077 (2006.01); B60G 15/06 (2006.01); B60K 15/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/077 (2013.01); B60G 2206/606 (2013.01); B60K 15/03006 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03118 (2013.01); B60K 15/063 (2013.01); B60G 11/04 (2013.01); B60G 2300/50 (2013.01); B60G 2204/121 (2013.01); B60G 7/02 (2013.01); B60G 15/067 (2013.01); B60K 15/07 (2013.01); B60G 2204/143 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell powered vehicle fuel storage system is disclosed having a suspension system, a fuel tank, and a support system, wherein the suspension system, fuel tank, and support system cooperate to carry vehicle structural loads and the reaction loads of the suspension system and to maximize a volume of the fuel tank.