Low profile flat bombe for LPG storage and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12404975-B2
Application number	US-202318531177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2023
Priority date	May 27, 2021
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

A low profile flat bombe for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage and method for manufacturing the same, may include a flat bombe body including an upper plate having a plurality of first piercing holes and a pump installation hole formed therethrough, a lower plate having a plurality of second piercing holes formed therethrough at positions vertically coinciding with the plurality of first piercing holes, and side plates integrally connecting first and second side end portions of the upper and lower plates, end plates mounted at front and rear openings in the flat bombe body, and support pipes, wherein upper end portions of the support pipes are welded to internal circumferential portions of the plurality of first piercing holes and lower end portions thereof are welded to internal circumferential portions of the plurality of second piercing holes to maintain a vertical distance between the upper and lower plates.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a low profile flat bombe for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage, the method comprising:
preparing a plate body having a designated area;
forming a plurality of first piercing holes and a pump installation hole through a first side region of the plate body used as an upper plate, and simultaneously, forming a plurality of second piercing holes through a remaining side region of the plate body used as a lower plate, using piercing and drawing;
bending first and second side end portions of the plate body to form side plates;
preparing a flat bombe body including the upper plate having the plurality of first piercing holes and the pump installation hole formed therethrough, the lower plate having the plurality of second piercing holes formed therethrough at positions vertically corresponding to the plurality of first piercing holes, and the side plates integrally connecting first and second side end portions of the upper plate and the lower plate by welding the bent first and second side end portions of the bent side plates of the plate body;
welding end plates to front and rear openings of the flat bombe body; and
welding upper end portions of support pipes, configured to connect the upper plate and the lower plate to each other and to maintain a vertical distance between the upper plate and the lower plate, to flange portions of the plurality of first piercing holes, and simultaneously, welding lower end portions of the support pipes to flange portions of the plurality of second piercing holes.

2. The method of claim 1 , further including, before the welding of the end plates to the front opening and the rear opening:
welding upper end portions and lower end portions of baffles, configured to have fluid passing holes, to the upper plate and the lower plate in spaces between neighboring support pipes in the flat bombe body.

3. The method of claim 1 , further including, before the welding of the end plates to the front opening and the rear opening:
welding a boss portion configured to secure a space for installation of a pump to the pump installation hole of the upper plate, and welding at least two reinforcing blades configured to support and protect the pump to the boss portion and the lower plate.

4. The method of claim 3 , further including:
assembling a pump assembly into the boss portion and the at least two reinforcing blades.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp
• Dae Hung Prec Indl Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Seong Cheol
• Lee Sung Won
• Song Ju Tae
• Yeo Seung Hyun
• Park Duk Hee

Classifications

• F17C2205/0305

  Bosses, e.g. boss collars · CPC title

• F17C2270/0168

  by vehicles · CPC title

• F17C2205/0103

  Exterior arrangements · CPC title

• F17C2203/013

  in the vessel, e.g. columns · CPC title

• F17C2227/0135

  Pumps · CPC title