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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2013
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Arianna T. Morales, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Mei Cai, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Anne M. Dailly, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/14 (2006.01); F17C 1/16 (2006.01); F17C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/14 (2013.01); F17C 1/16 (2013.01); F17C 3/00 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0128 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0157 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0166 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0171 (2013.01); F17C 2201/056 (2013.01); F17C 2201/06 (2013.01); F17C 2203/066 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0617 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0636 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0639 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0643 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0646 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0663 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0134 (2013.01); F17C 2209/219 (2013.01); F17C 2209/2181 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2221/013 (2013.01); F17C 2221/014 (2013.01); F17C 2221/015 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2221/035 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2223/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/035 (2013.01); F17C 2223/036 (2013.01); F17C 2260/018 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0105 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0131 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0165 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0168 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0171 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0173 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0178 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0189 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0197 (2013.01); Y02E 60/321 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fluid storage tank includes a plurality of tank sub-units disposed in an array. Each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units has an aperture defined in at least one wall overlapping with another aperture defined in at least one adjacent tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units. Each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units is in fluid communication with a single outlet port for selectively extracting a stored fluid from the tank. Each of the plurality of tank sub-units is in fluid communication with a single fluid fill port.


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