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US 12,626,936 · App. 15/933,092 · Granted May 12, 2026

Pressure container system for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle and method for interrupting a fluid connection

Inventors: Ulrich Heidenreich (Munich, DE); Richard Krueger (Irschenhausen/Icking, DE); Leander Koegl (Vagen, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
H01M8/04201B60K15/03006F17C13/12H01M8/04753B60K2015/03013B60K2015/03019B60K2015/03026B60K2015/03256B60K2015/03315B60K2015/03375F17C2201/056F17C2201/058F17C2205/0326F17C2205/0394F17C2221/012F17C2221/033F17C2221/035F17C2223/0123F17C2223/0161F17C2223/033F17C2223/036F17C2260/028F17C2260/042F17C2265/066F17C2270/0178F17C2270/0184H01M2250/20Y02E60/32Y02T90/40
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Patent No.
US 12,626,936
App. No.
15/933,092
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pressurized container system for a motor vehicle includes a pressurized container configured to store a fuel, wherein the pressurized container system has a shut-off valve which is configured to interrupt, in a currentless state, a fluid connection between the pressurized container and at least one fuel gas consumer. A safety switch is configured to interrupt a power supply to the shut-off valve, where the safety switch is not an ignition switch of the motor vehicle.

Claims (9)

1 . A pressurized container system of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a pressurized container configured to store a fuel, wherein the pressurized container system has a shut-off valve which is configured to interrupt, in a currentless state, a fluid connection between the pressurized container and at least one fuel gas consumer; and

a safety switch configured to interrupt a power supply to the shut-off valve for performing a servicing operation on the motor vehicle, wherein the safety switch is an electrical switch which is connected to electrical terminals of the shut-off valve, wherein the safety switch and an ignition switch of the motor vehicle are configured to independently interrupt the power supply to the shut-off valve, and wherein the safety switch interrupts only the power supply to the shut-off valve for performing the servicing operation;

wherein a lock is integrated into the safety switch, wherein after an interruption of the power supply by the safety switch the safety switch is lockable by locking the lock with a key, and wherein the safety switch permits the power supply again only after the lock is unlocked by the key.

2 . The pressurized container system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the safety switch is accessible without removing further operating components.

3 . A motor vehicle, comprising:

a pressurized container system, wherein the pressurized container system has a pressurized container configured to store a fuel, wherein the pressurized container system has a shut-off valve which is configured to interrupt, in a currentless state, a fluid connection between the pressurized container and at least one fuel gas consumer; and

at least one fuel cell system which is fluidically connected to the pressurized container system, wherein the shut-off valve is designed to interrupt the fluid connection;

wherein the pressurized container system has a safety switch configured to interrupt a power supply to the shut-off valve, wherein the safety switch is an electrical switch which is connected to electrical terminals of the shut-off valve, wherein the safety switch and an ignition switch of the motor vehicle are configured to independently interrupt the power supply to the shut-off valve, wherein the safety switch interrupts only the power supply to the shut-off valve, wherein the safety switch interrupts the power supply to the shut-off valve before an intervention into an anode subsystem of the at least one fuel cell system, wherein a lock is integrated into the safety switch, wherein after an interruption of the power supply by the safety switch the safety switch is lockable by locking the lock with a key, and wherein the safety switch permits the power supply again only after the lock is unlocked by the key.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2018
From: HEIDENREICH, ULRICH; KRUEGER, RICHARD; KOEGL, LEANDER
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 045321/0462 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 218 233.9 · Sep 23, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2016069139 · Aug 11, 2016
Related Publication 20180208052A1 · Jul 26, 2018
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