US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Aug. 25 for "Hydrogen defuel system for hydrogen tanks" (Illinois, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,550, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Hydrogen defuel system for hydrogen tanks" was invented by Curtis John Caldwell (Metamora, Ill.) and Seth Michael Ost (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A H2 defueling system for automating defueling of a hydrogen tank is disclosed. The H2 defueling system comprises: a hydrogen storage tank containing hydrogen; a plurality of electronic valves configured for regulating hydrogen discharge of hydrogen from the hydrogen tank; at least one pressure sensor and at least one temperature sensor; a hydraulic circuit interconnecting the hydrogen tank, the plur...