Pressure gas container and vehicle including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9261239-B2
Application number	US-201314048040-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2013
Priority date	Oct 15, 2012
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

A pressure gas container includes a liner to store a gas, a reinforcing layer provided on an outer side of the liner, a boss attached to the liner, and an attachment attached to an outer surface of the liner. The boss has an opening through which the gas is introduced into the liner and through which the gas inside the liner is released. The attachment is to support the liner rotatably when the reinforcing layer is provided. At least one of the boss and the attachment has a gas release channel that allows communication between a gap formed between the outer side and an inner side of the reinforcing layer and a space outside the pressure gas container to release the gas having permeated through the liner and present in the gap between the liner and the reinforcing layer to the space.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure gas container comprising:
a liner to store a gas thereinside;
a reinforcing layer provided on an outer side of the liner;
a boss attached to the liner, the boss having an opening through which the gas is introduced into the liner and through which the gas inside the liner is released; and
an attachment attached to an outer surface of the liner, the attachment being used to support the liner such that the liner is rotatable when the reinforcing layer is provided, at least one of the boss and the attachment having an accumulated gas release channel that allows communication between a gap formed between the outer side of the liner and an inner side of the reinforcing layer and a space outside the pressure gas container so as to release the gas having permeated through the liner and present in the gap between the liner and the reinforcing layer to the space outside the pressure gas container,
wherein the attachment has the accumulated gas release channel, and
wherein the attachment has a recessed gas vent passage that is formed at a position opposite the outer surface of the liner, radially extends from the accumulated gas release channel at the center, and communicates with the accumulated gas release channel.

2. The pressure gas container according to claim 1 ,
wherein a gas permeation member that allows the gas in the gap between the liner and the reinforcing layer to permeate therethrough is disposed in the accumulated gas release channel.

3. The pressure gas container according to claim 1 ,
wherein a plug that suppresses releasing of the gas is disposed in the accumulated gas release channel.

4. A vehicle comprising:
the pressure gas container according to claim 1 ,
wherein the accumulated gas release channel is connected to a discharging channel for an exhaust gas.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kanezaki Toshihiko
• Ishikawa Yusuke
• Kawasaki Satoshi
• Miyagawa Kazuo

Classifications

• F17C1/04

  Protecting sheathings · CPC title

• Y02E60/321

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title

• F17C13/002 Primary

  for vessels under pressure (F17C13/008 and F17C13/02 - F17C13/12 take precedence) · CPC title

• F17C1/00 Primary

  Pressure vessels, e.g. gas cylinder, gas tank, replaceable cartridge (pressurised apparatus for purposes other than storage, see the relevant subclasses such as A62C, B05B; associated with vehicles, see the appropriate subclass of classes B60 - B64; pressure vessels in general F16J12/00 {; autoclaves B01J3/04; tank vehicles B60P3/22; railway tank wagons for carrying fluent materials B61D5/00; accumulators for supplying fluid under pressure F15B1/04; liquefied gas stoves F24C3/00}) · CPC title