US 11,958,352 B1
Reconfiguration of combustion engine powered haul truck with hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and battery power supply
Joshua M. Sweere, Seattle, WA (US); Spencer M. Anunsen, Seattle, WA (US); Larissa Y. Kunz, Seattle, WA (US); Harlan Thomas Kuo, Seattle, WA (US); Alexis R. HUmann, Seattle, WA (US); David T. Gerhardt, Seattle, WA (US); Krunal Desai, Seattle, WA (US); Peter Illsley, Seattle, WA (US); Clara Sekowski, Seattle, WA (US); and Sarah Balles, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to First Mode Holdings, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by First Mode Holdings, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/493,450.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/586,253, filed on Sep. 28, 2023.
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 8/04029 (2016.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04029 (2013.01); H01M 8/04208 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); B60K 2001/005 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0405 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retrofit mining haul truck including a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell/battery-based powerplant in place of a carbon fuel-based powerplant, the retrofit mining haul truck comprising:
a frame;
a tray coupled to the frame;
a deck coupled to the frame forward of at least a portion of the tray;
a battery system mounted to the deck of the retrofit mining haul truck;
a hydrogen storage system (HSS) installed in an engine bay volume of the retrofit mining haul truck, the engine bay configured to contain a combustion engine prior to retrofitting the retrofit mining haul truck; and
a fuel cell system, a first portion of the fuel cell system installed in a first wheel pocket of the retrofit mining haul truck and a second portion of the fuel cell system installed in a second wheel pocket of the retrofit mining haul truck, the first wheel pocket configured to contain a fuel tank and the second wheel pocket configured to contain a hydraulic fluid reservoir prior to retrofitting the retrofit mining haul truck.