US 11,808,410 B2
Hydrogen filling apparatus
Yuichi Yoshida, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TATSUNO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TATSUNO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/338,398.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-100726 (JP), filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0388947 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. F17C 5/06 (2006.01); F17C 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 5/06 (2013.01) [F17C 13/025 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2250/03 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0626 (2013.01); F17C 2260/025 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0171 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hydrogen filling apparatus comprising:
a plurality of filling systems;
a plurality of filling control devices including a first filling control device and a second filling control device, each filling control device being included in a respective ones of the plurality of filling systems;
a plurality of filling pipes communicating with a respective rear facility associated with a respective one of the plurality of filling systems;
a plurality of sets of filling members interposed in respective ones of the filling pipes and operatively connected to at least one of the plurality of filling control devices;
a plurality of filling hoses connected to respective ones of the filling pipes, each filling hose having a filling nozzle at a tip; and
a relay device connecting the first filling control device to the second filling control device;
wherein the first filling control device is operatively configured to selectively implement:
a first control mode that controls only a first filling system of the plurality of filling systems;
a second control mode that facilitates shared control for the first filling system and a second filling system of the plurality of filling systems;
switching between the first control mode and the second control mode; and
adjusting of the set of filling members in the filling system equipped with the second filling control device via the relay device in the second control mode.