US 12,078,296 B2
Pressurized-container arrangement
Hans-Ulrich Stahl, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/630,057
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069841
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/018563, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 120 241.8 (DE), filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0275912 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. F17C 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 13/04 (2013.01) [F17C 2201/0128 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0138 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0138 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0142 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0332 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2260/036 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0178 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressure container arrangement of a motor vehicle for storing pressurized fuel in a motor vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of pressure containers;
a number of safety valves; and
a number of connection lines;
wherein the plurality of pressure containers are connected in fluid terms by the number of connection lines;
wherein at least one of the number of safety valves is disposed between a respective two of the plurality of pressure containers which are connected to each other in fluid terms by a respective connection line such that a fluid exits from a first one of the respective two of the plurality of pressure containers, enters into the respective connection line, and enters a second one of the respective two of the plurality of pressure containers from the respective connection line and wherein the at least one of the number of safety valves is disposed in the respective connection line that connects the respective two of the plurality of pressure containers to each other in fluid terms such that the fluid sequentially exits from the first one of the respective two of the plurality of pressure containers, then enters into the respective connection line, then passes through the at least one of the number of safety valves when the at least one of the number of safety valves is open, and then enters the second one of the respective two of the plurality of pressure containers from the respective connection line;
wherein the number of safety valves are constructed to close from a predetermined maximum throughflow and/or from a predetermined maximum pressure difference.