High-pressure tank and method for manufacturing high-pressure tank
US-2022034450-A1 · Feb 3, 2022 · US
Tank
US12404973B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-12404973-B2 |
| Application number | US-202318455586-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Aug 24, 2023 |
| Priority date | Sep 16, 2022 |
| Publication date | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2025 |
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A tank includes a liner and a reinforcement layer. The liner has a body portion with a cylindrical shape, and a pair of dome-shaped portions respectively provided at both ends of the body portion in an axial direction of the body portion. The reinforcement layer covers the liner and is made of a fiber reinforced resin that is a resin-impregnated fiber bundle. The reinforcement layer includes a part reinforcement layer disposed from an apex side of each of the dome-shaped portions across a boundary between the dome-shaped portion and the body portion to part of the body portion, and an outer hoop layer disposed outside the part reinforcement layer and provided so as to press an end, adjacent to the body portion, of the part reinforcement layer.
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What is claimed is: 1. A tank comprising: a liner having a body portion with a cylindrical shape, and a pair of dome-shaped portions respectively provided at both ends of the body portion in an axial direction of the body portion; and a reinforcement layer covering the liner and made of a fiber reinforced resin that is a resin-impregnated fiber bundle, wherein the reinforcement layer includes a part reinforcement layer disposed from an apex side of each of the dome-shaped portions across a boundary between the dome-shaped portion and the body portion to part of the body portion, and an outer hoop layer disposed outside the part reinforcement layer and provided so as to press an end, adjacent to the body portion, of the part reinforcement layer, wherein the reinforcement layer further includes an inner hoop layer disposed inside the part reinforcement layer so as to sandwich the end of the part reinforcement layer with the outer hoop layer, wherein an inclined end of the part reinforcement layer is made by forming a first layer and then forming a second layer on the first layer by sticking a resin-impregnated fiber bundle while shifting the fiber bundle such that an end point of the second layer is disposed adjacent to the apex side of the dome-shaped portion with respect to an end point of the first layer, and both ends of the inner hoop layer in the axial direction each are an inclined end inclined from an outside of the tank toward an inside of the tank such that a thickness of the inclined end reduces, the end of the part reinforcement layer extends axially toward a center of the body portion with respect to the inclined end of the inner hoop layer, and wherein the end of the part reinforcement layer is inclined from an outside of the tank toward an inside of the tank such that a thickness of the end reduces.
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- What does patent US12404973B2 cover?
- A tank includes a liner and a reinforcement layer. The liner has a body portion with a cylindrical shape, and a pair of dome-shaped portions respectively provided at both ends of the body portion in an axial direction of the body portion. The reinforcement layer covers the liner and is made of a fiber reinforced resin that is a resin-impregnated fiber bundle. The reinforcement layer includes a …
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Toyota Motor Co Ltd
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification F17C1/06. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Sep 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 4 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).