US 12,257,891 B2
Multipart housing and alert system
Ming Zhang, Lake Forest, CA (US); Hans VanOyen, Lake Forest, CA (US); Dave Rea, Lake Forest, CA (US); Tae Kim, Lake Forest, CA (US); and Paul Prado, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to QUANTUM FUEL CELLS LLC, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed by Quantum Fuel Systems LLC, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,455.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/210,612, filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396143 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 15/067 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/063 (2006.01); B60K 15/073 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/067 (2013.01) [B60K 15/073 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03315 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0638 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure to protect fuel tanks behind a cab of a vehicle comprising:
a fuel system (5) comprising;
a rack (100);
a plurality of catch bracket assemblies (700) attached to the rack;
fuel tanks affixed to the rack;
a multipart enclosure formed of a plurality of shells configured to nest onto one another and fit over said fuel system;
a plurality of housing latch assemblies (600) formed on the interior wall surfaces (IWS) of the shells and configured to mate with a corresponding catch bracket assembly on the rack; and,
each of the housing latch assemblies further comprising at least a bracket attached to the interior wall surface, at least one latching pin (456) affixed to the bracket and a movable coil spring (454) surrounds the latching pin;
said nested shells are configured with a first end (405A), a second end (405B), a first side (410), and a second side (420);
wherein leading edges and ledges are formed around at least a portion of a perimeter (P) of each shell;
wherein the latch and catch assemblies releasably affix the enclosure to the rack and together without the use of threaded fasteners;
wherein the leading edges and ledges are configured to cooperate to disperse force along the perimeter edges when the enclosure is affixed to the rack; and,
wherein the nested shells evenly disperse force along the perimeter edges where the shells overlap.