High-pressure tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9802480-B2
Application number	US-201514934726-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2015
Priority date	Nov 14, 2014
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a high-pressure tank that includes a tank main body including a mouthpiece, a valve fitted to the mouthpiece, and a pipe extending from the valve in an axially inward direction of the tank main body and for ejecting a gas into the tank main body. The pipe includes an ejection nozzle provided at an end of the pipe and for ejecting the gas, a first bent portion located between the ejection nozzle and the valve and extending in a direction inclined relative to an axial direction of the tank main body, and a second bent portion having the ejection nozzle and extending in a direction inclined relative to the axial direction. One of an inclination angle of the first bent portion relative to the axial direction and an inclination angle of the second bent portion relative to the axial direction is larger than 0° and not larger than 90°, and the other is not smaller than −0° and smaller than 0°, when the pipe is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-pressure tank comprising:
a tank main body including a mouthpiece;
a valve fitted to the mouthpiece; and
a pipe extending from the valve in an axially inward direction of the tank main body and for ejecting a gas into the tank main body,
the pipe including
an ejection nozzle provided at an end of the pipe and for ejecting the gas,
a first bent portion located between the ejection nozzle and the valve and having an external form of the pipe extending in a direction inclined relative to an axial direction of the tank main body,
a second bent portion having the ejection nozzle and having an external form of the pipe extending in a direction inclined relative to the axial direction, and
a connection portion located between the first bent portion and the second bent portion and having an external form of the pipe extending in parallel with the axial direction,
one of an inclination angle of the first bent portion relative to the axial direction and an inclination angle of the second bent portion relative to the axial direction being larger than 0° and not larger than 90°, and the other being not smaller than −90° and smaller than 0°, when the pipe is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

2. The high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , further comprising a temperature sensor extending from the valve in the axially inward direction of the tank main body, wherein a tip of the temperature sensor is located between the ejection nozzle of the pipe and the valve.

3. The high-pressure tank according to claim 2 , wherein when such a virtual cylinder that a fitting portion where the valve is fitted to the mouthpiece is a bottom face and a side face of the fitting portion extends in the axial direction is imagined, the pipe and the temperature sensor are located within the virtual cylinder.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Komiya Kenji
• Kondo Masaaki
• Yamashita Akira
• Inagi Shuusuke

Classifications

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title

• F17C2223/047

  with a dip tube · CPC title

• F17C2223/045

  with a dip tube · CPC title

• F17C13/04

  Arrangement or mounting of valves (valves per se F16K {; snap-coupling of nipples F16L37/00}) · CPC title

• F17C2223/033

  Small pressure, e.g. for liquefied gas · CPC title