Gaseous fuel vehicle and automatic vent system

Details Gaseous fuel vehicle and automatic vent system Gaseous fuel vehicle and automatic vent system

2008-03-04

2008-03-04

Huson, Gregory (Department: 3753)

Fluid handling

Ambient condition change responsive

Atmospheric

C137S266000, C137S899000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11117873

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle (1) equipped with a tank (2) for storage of a fluid under pressure on the vehicle, the tank being connected to at least one vent channel (3and33), the vent channel leading to a discharge orifice (34), the vent channel being connected to the tank by means of at least one safety valve, wherein in that the safety valve is a thermal release valve (5), normally closed and capable of opening spontaneously under the effect of a rise in temperature, the safety valve being installed in a predefined zone of the vehicle and the discharge orifice being remote from the predefined zone.

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