Patent ID: 7419060

Claim:
A fuel cell and odorized fuel system comprising an odorant removal cartridge for use with a fuel container, said system comprising: a fuel cell system; said fuel container configured to be coupled to said fuel cell system and containing a fuel for said fuel cell system, wherein said fuel has an added odorant added to said fuel to facilitate leak detection; and said cartridge, wherein said cartridge comprises: a body with a distal and a proximal end; a fuel flow pat tat extends through said body from said distal end to said proximal end; a first coupler disposed on said distal end of said body for fluidly coupling said odorant removal cartridge to an outlet of said fuel container that is configured to hold a quantity of an odorized fuel; and a fuel-filtering material disposed in said fuel flow pat tat removes said odorant from fuel in said fuel flow path; wherein said fuel container and said odorant removal cartridge may be simultaneously replaced as a single unit.