Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas supply system and method for estimating infernal pressure of gas tank
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Application No.: US16983041Application Date: 2020-08-03
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Publication No.: US11306874B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Kosuke Kobayashi , Yukihide Yokoyama
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA , HINO MOTORS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota; JP Hino
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,HINO MOTORS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,HINO MOTORS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota; JP Hino
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2019-182814 20191003
- Main IPC: F17C13/02
- IPC: F17C13/02 ; G05D16/10 ; F17C13/04

Abstract:
A gas supply system includes: a gas tank; an unbalanced pressure reducing valve that reduces a pressure of the gas supplied from the gas tank; a pressure sensor that detects an outlet-side pressure of the pressure reducing valve; a flow rate changing unit that changes an outlet-side flow rate of the pressure reducing valve; and a control unit. The control unit changes the outlet-side flow rate between first and second flow rates, obtains a first pressure, which is a detection value of the pressure sensor when the outlet-side flow rate is the first flow rate, and a second pressure, which is a detection value of the pressure sensor when the outlet-side flow rate is the second flow rate, and estimates an inlet-side pressure of the pressure reducing valve using the relationship among the first flow rate, the second flow rate, and the difference between the first and second pressures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210102667A1 GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING INTERNAL PRESSURE OF GAS TANK Public/Granted day:2021-04-08
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