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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroki Yahashi, Toyota, JP;
Tsukuo Ishitoya, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroki Yahashi, Toyota, JP;
Tsukuo Ishitoya, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/077 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); F17C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/077 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03131 (2013.01); F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0184 (2013.01); Y10T 137/6416 (2015.04);
Abstract
A vehicle () equipped with gas tanks () has a common channel () and branch channels () that branch from the common channel () to the gas tanks (), as a filling passageway () through which gas is supplied from an external gas station () to the gas tanks (). The gas tank () is better in heat dissipation characteristic than the gas tank (). Only the branch channel () that corresponds to the gas tank () is provided with a shutoff valve () or a flow regulation valve () that is capable of restricting the amount of gas supplied to the gas tank ().