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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
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);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
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.