Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel supply system
- Patent Title (中): 燃油供应系统
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Application No.: US12447329Application Date: 2007-11-14
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Publication No.: US09017885B2Publication Date: 2015-04-28
- Inventor: Naoki Kanie
- Applicant: Naoki Kanie
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-Shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-Shi
- Agency: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
- Priority: JP2006-317601 20061124
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/072485 WO 20071114
- International Announcement: WO2008/062805 WO 20080529
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; F23K5/00

Abstract:
The object of this invention is to provide a fuel supply system capable of reducing the quantity of a fuel to be discharged from a plurality of fuel tanks connected in parallel is provided. The fuel supply system includes a plurality of the fuel tanks for storing a fuel, on-off valves provided individually for the fuel tanks, and a control unit which controls the opening and closing of the on-off valves. The control unit changes the number of the on-off valves to be simultaneously opened according to a situation. The control unit may reduce the number of the on-off valves to be simultaneously opened after a failure is detected or at the time of maintenance of the fuel supply system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100006596A1 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-01-14
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