US 12,355,118 B2
Smart hydrogen storage tanks for fuel cell applications
Jeffrey A. Green, Columbus, IN (US); Jacob A. Brown, Columbus, IN (US); Vivek Anand Sujan, Columbus, IN (US); Brian K. Landes, Seymour, IN (US); Jeffrey W. Rinker, Trafalgar, IN (US); Archit N. Koti, Columbus, IN (US); and Vinayak Mandavkar, Columbus, IN (US)
Assigned to CUMMINS INC, Columbus, IN (US)
Filed by CUMMINS INC, Columbus, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,074.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/093,009, filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0123332 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); H01M 8/0438 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04089 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/04373 (2013.01); H01M 8/04425 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hydrogen storage tank of a vehicle, the hydrogen storage tank comprising:
a housing defining an inlet/outlet opening;
valve assembly extending into the housing through the inlet/outlet opening and comprising one or more sensors and a solenoid valve; and
a smart tank controller configured to receive a signal from the one or more sensors and the solenoid valve, the smart tank controller configured to:
in response to a request for a handshake signal from a hydrogen storage controller, initiate sending the handshake signal to the hydrogen storage controller; and
in response to a vehicle start, initiate periodically sending data indicating a parameter value received from the one or more sensors and the solenoid valve.