High-pressure vessel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10487982-B2
Application number	US-201816044669-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2018
Priority date	Aug 10, 2017
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A high-pressure vessel includes a liner, an outer layer, a ferrule, and a seal member. The liner has a cylindrical shape, and is made of a first resin. The outer layer is joined to an outer peripheral surface of the liner, and is made of a second resin having a linear expansion coefficient that is lower than a linear expansion coefficient of the first resin. The ferrule is made of metal, is at least partly disposed radially inward of an inner peripheral surface of the liner, and is configured to provide communication between an internal space of the high-pressure vessel and an outside of the high-pressure vessel. The seal member is disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the liner and the ferrule, and is configured to seal a gap between the inner peripheral surface of the liner and the ferrule.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-pressure vessel comprising:
a liner having a cylindrical shape, the liner being made of a first resin;
an outer layer joined to an outer peripheral surface of the liner, the outer layer being made of a second resin having a linear expansion coefficient that is lower than a linear expansion coefficient of the first resin;
a ferrule made of metal, the ferrule being at least partly disposed radially inward of an inner peripheral surface of the liner, and the ferrule being configured to provide communication between an internal space of the high-pressure vessel and an outside of the high-pressure vessel; and
a seal member disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the liner and the ferrule, and the seal member being configured to seal a gap between the inner peripheral surface of the liner and the ferrule.

2. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the outer layer is joined to the liner so as to cover the liner from an outer side, such that the outer peripheral surface of the liner contacts an inner surface of the outer layer over an entirety of a contact site where the outer layer and the liner are in contact with each other.

3. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the ferrule includes an insertion portion provided on a first end side of the ferrule, a projection portion provided on a second end side of the ferrule, the second end side being on an opposite side of the ferrule from the first end side, and a central portion provided between the insertion portion and the projection portion, the insertion portion being inserted into the liner; and
an outer diameter of the insertion portion is less than an outer diameter of the central portion.

4. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 3 , wherein:
the insertion portion includes a holding portion having an outer diameter that is less than an outer diameter of the remaining portion of the insertion portion; and
the seal member is disposed on the holding portion.

5. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 3 , wherein:
the ferrule includes a step portion extending in a radial direction of the ferrule, the step portion being located between the central portion and the insertion portion; and
one end of each of the liner and the outer layer in a longitudinal direction of the liner and the outer layer is in contact with the step portion.

6. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 5 , further comprising a reinforcement layer made of a carbon fiber-reinforced resin, the reinforcement layer being disposed radially outward of the outer layer.

7. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 6 , wherein the reinforcement layer is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the central portion of the ferrule and at least a part of an outer peripheral surface of the projection portion of the ferrule.

8. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 4 , further comprising a holding plate having an annular shape, the holding plate being secured to an end surface of the insertion portion.

9. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 8 , wherein:
the holding portion is provided on the first end side of the insertion portion such that the end surface of the insertion portion to which the holding plate is secured is an end surface of the holding portion; and
an outer diameter of the holding plate is greater than the outer diameter of the holding portion.

10. The high-pressure vessel according to claim 6 , the high-pressure vessel comprising two ferrules, wherein:
one of the two ferrules is disposed at the one end of each of the liner and the outer layer in the longitudinal direction; and
the other one of the two ferrules is disposed at the other end of each of the liner and the outer layer in the longitudinal direction.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sawai Osamu
• Kishida Tomoyuki
• Hori Keisuke

Classifications

• F17C2201/056

  Small (<1 m3) · CPC title

• F17C1/06 Primary

  built-up from wound-on bands or filamentary material, e.g. wires · CPC title

• F17C2221/012

  Hydrogen · CPC title

• F16J12/00 Primary

  Pressure vessels in general (covers therefor F16J13/00; for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. B01J, F17C, G21C) · CPC title

• F17C2201/0109

  with exteriorly curved end-piece · CPC title