US 12,214,655 B2
Tank assembly
Peter Bartl, Erding (DE); and Hans-Ulrich Stahl, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/261,292
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/067563
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/015991, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 212 137.0 (DE), filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347249 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 15/03 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/03006 (2013.01) [B60K 2015/03013 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03026 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03309 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03375 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03381 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03473 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tank assembly comprising:
a tank;
at least one pressure relief valve which is configured to allow a pressure relief of the tank when a temperature threshold value at the pressure relief valve is exceeded;
at least one heat transmission path; and
a heat transmission element, by means of which the heat transmission path and the pressure relief valve are connected, wherein
the heat transmission element is changeable, in two opposite directions, with respect to the heat transmission, between the heat transmission path and the pressure relief valve, wherein
the heat transmission element has a respective protrusion and a respective recess, and
dimensions of the protrusion and recess change depending on the temperature difference present over the heat transmission element.