High pressure tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10458598-B2
Application number	US-201815917960-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2018
Priority date	Mar 15, 2017
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A high pressure tank includes: a resin liner for containing a fluid; and a cap including a supply/discharge hole. A cylindrical portion formed with the liner in a protruding manner is inserted in the supply/discharge hole. In a seal groove formed in an inner circumferential surface of the supply/discharge hole, a seal member and a back-up member disposed on an upstream side of the seal member in the supply direction are provided. A tapered groove surface of the seal groove facing toward the back-up member is apart from the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion along the supply direction. A tapered member surface of the back-up member facing toward the tapered groove surface has a diameter expanding along the supply direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high pressure tank comprising:
a resin liner configured to contain a fluid; and
a cap including a supply/discharge hole, formed in the cap, configured to allow for supplying and discharging the fluid to and from the liner, wherein:
a cylindrical portion is formed with the liner in a protruding manner, in a state where the cylindrical portion is inserted in the supply/discharge hole, a direction from a distal end to a proximal end of the cylindrical portion is a supply direction of the fluid for the liner;
a seal groove is formed in an inner circumferential surface of the supply/discharge hole, a seal member configured to seal a gap between the inner circumferential surface of the supply/discharge hole and an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion and a back-up member disposed on an upstream side of the seal member in the supply direction are provided in the seal groove;
the seal groove has a tapered groove surface facing toward the back-up member, the tapered groove surface being apart from the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion from an upstream side to a downstream side in the supply direction; and
the back-up member has a tapered member surface facing toward the tapered groove surface, the tapered groove surface having a diameter expanding from the upstream side to the downstream side in the supply direction, wherein:
an inclination angle of the tapered member surface with respect to an axial direction of the back-up member is larger than an inclination angle of the tapered groove surface with respect to the axial direction of the supply/discharge hole; and
in a state where the tapered member surface is aligned with the tapered groove surface, a distance between a first line and a second line is equal to or greater than half of a distance between the first line and a third line, the first line extending along the axial direction of the supply/discharge hole and passing through one end of the tapered member surface on the downstream side in the supply direction, the second line extending along the axial direction of the supply/discharge hole and passing through another end of the tapered member surface on the upstream side in the supply direction, the third line extending along the axial direction of the supply/discharge hole and passing through an end portion of the back-up member on the downstream side in the supply direction, facing toward the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion.

2. The high pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum thickness in a radial direction of the back-up member is smaller than a maximum depth of a groove formed by the tapered groove surface of the seal groove.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kanezaki Toshihiko

Classifications

• F17C2209/234

  of closing end pieces, e.g. caps · CPC title

• F17C1/16 Primary

  constructed of plastics materials {(shaping of plastics B29C)} · CPC title

• F17C2205/0305

  Bosses, e.g. boss collars · CPC title

• F17C2201/058

  portable (<30 l) · CPC title

• F17C2201/056

  Small (<1 m3) · CPC title