Pressure vessel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11473732-B2
Application number	US-202016942766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2020
Priority date	Nov 7, 2019
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

A pressure vessel includes a vessel body, a covering part, and a cylindrical mouthpiece. The vessel body includes a cylindrical open end portion on at least one end side of the vessel body. The covering part is made of a fiber reinforced resin and covers an outer surface of the vessel body. The mouthpiece is configured such that a plurality of mouthpiece bodies each having a projection on an inner surface of the mouthpiece body is connected to each other in a circumferential direction of the open end portion. The mouthpiece is attached to an outer peripheral surface of the open end portion by the projections biting into the covering part covering the outer peripheral surface of the open end portion. The mouthpiece bodies of the mouthpiece are connected to each other by fitting together fitting portions formed at end portions of the mouthpiece bodies in the circumferential direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure vessel comprising:
a vessel body including a cylindrical open end portion on at least one end side of the vessel body and configured to be filled with a gas;
a covering part made of a fiber reinforced resin and covering an outer surface of the vessel body; and
a cylindrical mouthpiece configured such that a plurality of mouthpiece bodies each having a projection on an inner surface of the mouthpiece body is connected to each other in a circumferential direction of the open end portion, the mouthpiece attached to an outer peripheral surface of the open end portion by the projections biting into the covering part covering the outer peripheral surface of the open end portion,
wherein the mouthpiece bodies of the mouthpiece are connected to each other by fitting together fitting portions formed at end portions of the mouthpiece bodies in the circumferential direction.

2. The pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the fitting portion comprises a recessed portion formed at a first end portion of each of the mouthpiece bodies in the circumferential direction, and a protruding portion formed at a second end portion of each of the mouthpiece bodies in the circumferential direction; and
the mouthpiece bodies of the mouthpiece are connected to each other by fitting the protruding portion of one of the adjacent mouthpiece bodies to the recessed portion of the other of the adjacent mouthpiece bodies.

3. The pressure vessel according to claim 2 , wherein the protruding portion is configured to be press-fitted into the recessed portion.

4. The pressure vessel according to claim 2 , wherein:
a bulging portion bulging at least in a radial direction of the open end portion is formed at an end portion of the protruding portion on a downstream side in a fitting direction of the protruding portion to the recessed portion; and
the bulging portion is configured to be press-fitted into the recessed portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sawai Osamu
• NAKASHIMA Tomoki

Classifications

• F17C2203/0619

  with two layers · CPC title

• F17C1/06 Primary

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

• F17C2223/0123

  gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC · CPC title

• F17C2205/0311

  Closure means · CPC title

• F17C2203/0663

  in form of fibers or filaments · CPC title