US 12,276,287 B2
Liquid hydrogen pump and methods
Subrata Sarkar, Maharashtra (IN); Abhijit Borawake, Maharashtra (IN); Steven Charles Riley, Grayshott (GB); Andrew John Masson, Southampton (GB); Sahil Kartik Patel, Southampton (GB); and Amit Kalmegh, Pune Yewalewadi (IN)
Assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,449.
Claims priority of application No. 202211040491 (IN), filed on Jul. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0018974 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F04D 29/60 (2006.01); F04D 13/00 (2006.01); F04D 13/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/40 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/605 (2013.01) [F04D 13/00 (2013.01); F04D 13/06 (2013.01); F04D 29/00 (2013.01); F04D 29/406 (2013.01); F04D 29/60 (2013.01); F04D 13/0606 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric motor pump and canister system comprising:
a canister pad configured to bound part of a fuel tank, the canister pad defining a cavity;
a canister mounted to the canister pad, the canister being positioned to be disposed within the fuel tank when the canister pad is mounted at the fuel tank, the canister being mounted so that a bottom opening of the canister aligns with the cavity of the canister pad, the canister defining a longitudinal axis extending from a bottom of the canister at the canister pad to a top of the canister, the canister including a discharge valve, wherein the canister comprises:
a canister body defining an interior, the canister body including a peripheral wall extending around the longitudinal axis, and
a purge line extending through the peripheral wall of the canister body; and
an electric motor pump disposed within the canister, the electric motor pump extending through the bottom opening of the canister so that part of the electric motor pump extends into the cavity defined by the canister pad to seal part of the cavity from the fuel tank, and the electric motor pump including a demateable electrical connector disposed within the part of the cavity that is sealed from the fuel tank.