A SYSTEM FOR STORING PRESSURISED FUEL ON A TRUCK

• Main Authors: WEIJENBORG, Bernardus Johannes Maria, VAN DER KNAAP, Albertus Clemens Maria
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.09.2022
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The invention provides for solving or improving at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a truck or tractor semi-trailer combination interconnected via a fifth wheel, comprising a cabin and a pressurized fuel storage, situated between a rear end of the cabin and the semi-trailer wherein the pressurized fuel storage is formed by a dense pack of a plurality of cylinder vessels, the cylinder vessels having uniform diameters configured in a rectangular or triangular configuration, the dense pack extending in height above the fifth wheel, wherein the pressurized fuel storage is confined by the rear boundary of the cabin and a rear side of the storage, that has a perimeter that recedes with increasing height, to provide for a forward inclination of the semi- trailer relative to the fifth wheel, defined by a pitch degree of freedom, between the semi-trailer and a rear boundary of the cabin.