Method for producing high-pressure tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10591111-B2
Application number	US-201816161815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2018
Priority date	Oct 20, 2017
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

A method for producing a high-pressure tank that can, when forming a reinforcement layer following a previous reinforcement layer using fiber bundles, ensure the strength of the tank by reducing disturbance of the orientation of the fiber bundles. The method is adapted to form each reinforcement layer by winding fiber bundles while holding a preset tension for each layer, and includes a winding start step of stopping rotation of the tank liner upon completion of formation of at least one of the reinforcement layers, and, at the start of forming a following reinforcement layer, winding the fiber bundles at a tension smaller than a preset tension for the following reinforcement layer while alternately repeating rotation of the tank liner in the forward direction and the reverse direction, thereby forming a winding start portion of the following reinforcement layer; and a main winding step of winding the fiber bundles at the preset tension after the winding start step, so as to complete the formation of the following reinforcement layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a high-pressure tank by forming a fiber-reinforced resin layer having a plurality of sequentially stacked reinforcement layers by winding resin-impregnated fiber bundles around an outer periphery of a tank liner having a storage space while rotating the tank liner about a shaft center of the tank liner in one direction,
wherein:
each reinforcement layer is formed by winding the fiber bundles while holding a preset tension for each reinforcement layer,
the method comprising:
a winding start step of stopping rotation of the tank liner upon completion of formation of at least one reinforcement layer of the plurality of reinforcement layers, and, at a start of forming a following reinforcement layer, winding the fiber bundles around the at least one reinforcement layer at a tension that is smaller than a preset tension for the following reinforcement layer while alternately repeating rotation of the tank liner in the one direction and a reverse direction thereof, thereby forming a winding start portion of the following reinforcement layer; and
a main winding step of winding the fiber bundles at the preset tension after the winding start step, so as to complete the formation of the following reinforcement layer.

2. The method for producing a high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein in the winding start step, an angle of rotation of the tank liner in the one direction is 15° to 20°, and an angle of rotation of the tank liner in the reverse direction is 5° to 7°.

3. The method for producing a high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein in the winding start step, an area of the winding start portion is in a range of a ¼ turn to a ½ turn in a direction that is orthogonal to the shaft center of the tank liner.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iida Yasuhiro

Classifications

• B29K2101/10

  Thermosetting resins · CPC title

• F17C2201/054

  medium (>1 m3) · CPC title

• F16J12/00

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

• B29C70/16

  using fibres of substantial or continuous length {(non-woven fabrics per se D04H3/00)} · CPC title

• B29C53/56

  Winding and joining, e.g. winding spirally {(winding in general B65H)} · CPC title