Method for producing high-pressure tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11584064-B2
Application number	US-202117221919-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2021
Priority date	Jun 11, 2020
Publication date	Feb 21, 2023
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing a high-pressure tank that is capable of suppressing entry of a resin in a stiffener layer into the boundary between a liner body and a mouthpiece, and also offers excellent productivity. The method for producing a high-pressure tank includes disposing a resin sheet on a liner body having a mouthpiece, the resin sheet covering a gap between an outer circumferential portion of the mouthpiece and the liner body, and heating the resin sheet and welding the resin sheet to the mouthpiece and the liner body, to make a liner; and forming a fiber layer around the outer circumference of the liner, the fiber layer being impregnated with a resin, and curing the resin, wherein the softening point of a material constituting the resin sheet is higher than the maximum temperature that is reached by the liner due to heating of the resin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a high-pressure tank, the method comprising:
disposing a resin sheet on a liner body having a mouthpiece provided with a disk-shaped flange part, the resin sheet covering a gap between an outer circumferential portion of the flange part of the mouthpiece and the liner body, and an entire face of the flange part, the entire face being opposite to another face of the flange part which is in contact with the liner body, and heating the resin sheet and welding the resin sheet to the mouthpiece and the liner body, to make a liner; and
forming a fiber layer around an outer circumference of the liner, the fiber layer being impregnated with a resin, and curing the resin,
wherein a softening point of a material constituting the resin sheet is higher than a maximum temperature, the maximum temperature being reached by the liner due to heating of the resin,
in said disposing, the resin sheet is welded to the mouthpiece and the liner body so that a joining state of the resin sheet and the liner body is such that an interface thereof is unclear, and
before arranged on the liner body, the resin sheet is molded in advance so as to have a shape following a part where the resin sheet is to be arranged.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resin sheet is made from a nylon resin.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujii Manabu

Classifications

• Y02E60/32

  Hydrogen storage · CPC title

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title

• F17C2203/012

  on or in the wall, e.g. ribs · CPC title

• B29C70/86 Primary

  Incorporated in coherent impregnated reinforcing layers, {e.g. by winding} · CPC title

• F17C2223/0123

  gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC · CPC title