US 12,226,789 B2
Nozzle hanger
Masahiro Takezawa, Tokyo (JP); and Makoto Arai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Tatsuno Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/963,472
Filed by TATSUNO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 13, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/041987
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/150700, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-018030 (JP), filed on Feb. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0384493 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. B05B 15/60 (2018.01); F17C 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 15/60 (2018.02) [F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0352 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0376 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nozzle hanger for hanging a filling nozzle, of which one end has a filling pipe for filling a hydrogen gas and another end has a grip section comprising:
an upper part configured for holding the filling pipe of the filling nozzle;
a lower part facing the upper part and configured for holding the grip section of the filling nozzle; and
a shaft;
wherein said lower part includes a fixed lock section configured for locking the grip section of the filling nozzle in a fixed state, and said upper part includes a recessed section to facilitate insertion of the filling pipe of the filling nozzle tilted into a space in front of an intermediate part and a movable lock section for contacting the filling pipe and locking the filling pipe in a movable state;
wherein said movable lock section is formed in a spherical shape that protrudes downward, and a gas outlet is provided in a central region thereof;
the shaft operatively interfacing with the moveable lock section, the shaft and moveable lock section being configured to facilitate slidable movement of the moveable lock section along the shaft.