Manufacturing method for high-pressure tank, and high-pressure tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9840048-B2
Application number	US-201213980718-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2012
Priority date	Feb 2, 2011
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A step of forming a low-angle helical layer on an outer surface of at least part of each liner dome portion and an outer surface of a liner cylindrical portion, a step of forming an inner hoop layer on an outer surface of the low-angle helical layer on the liner cylindrical portion, and a step of forming a mixed layer by alternately laminating a low-angle helical layer and an outer hoop layer on an outer surface of the inner hoop layer and low-angle helical layer on each liner dome portion. Then, on the liner cylindrical portion, 90% or more of the sum of the thickness of the inner hoop layer and the thickness of the outer hoop layer in the mixed layer is arranged within the range of 75% of the fiber reinforced plastics layer adjacent to the liner in a thickness direction of the fiber reinforced plastics layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high-pressure tank that is used to store fluid, comprising:
a liner that has a cylindrical portion having a cylindrical shape and dome portions having a domical shape and provided on both ends of the cylindrical portion; and
a fiber reinforced plastics layer that is formed on an outer surface of the liner by filament winding, the fiber reinforced plastics layer including:
an inner helical layer formed of a fiber impregnated with thermosetting resin, the fiber of the inner helical layer being wound on an outer surface of at least part of each dome portion and an outer surface of the cylindrical portion;
an inner hoop layer formed of a fiber impregnated with thermosetting resin, the fiber of the inner hoop layer being wound, by hoop winding in multiple layers, on an outer surface of the inner helical layer over the cylindrical portion in a thickness direction of the fiber reinforced plastics layer; and
a mixed layer formed of an outer helical layer and an outer hoop layer, the mixed layer being formed on an outer surface of the inner hoop layer and over the outer surface of the inner helical layer on each dome portion, wherein:

the outer helical layer is formed of a fiber impregnated with thermosetting resin, the fiber of the outer helical layer being helically wound on an outer surface of the inner hoop layer and over the outer surface of the inner helical layer on the each dome portion;
the outer hoop layer is formed of a fiber impregnated with thermosetting resin, the fiber of the outer hoop layer being wound, by hoop winding, on an outer surface of the outer helical layer;
the inner hoop layer, and the outer hoop layer in the mixed layer, constitute a combined hoop layer; and
over the cylindrical portion in the thickness direction of the fiber reinforced plastics layer, 90% or more of a thickness of the combined hoop layer is disposed within a range in which 75% of a thickness of the fiber reinforced plastics layer is disposed, the range being adjacent to the liner.

2. The high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein
the thermosetting resin included in the inner helical layer, the thermosetting resin included in the inner hoop layer, and the thermosetting resin included in the mixed layer are of the same type.

3. The high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the thermosetting resin included in the inner helical layer, the thermosetting resin included in the inner hoop layer, and the thermosetting resin included in the mixed layer is of a different type from the other thermosetting resins.

4. The high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein
the fiber included in the inner helical layer, the fiber included in the inner hoop layer and the fiber included in the mixed layer are of the same type.

5. The high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the fiber included in the inner helical layer, the fiber included in the inner hoop layer and the fiber included in the mixed layer is of a different type from the other fibers.

6. The high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein
over the cylindrical portion in the thickness direction, 90% or more of the combined hoop layer is arranged within a range in which 60% of the fiber reinforced plastics layer is arranged, the 60% of the fiber reinforced plastics layer being adjacent to the liner.

7. The high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the inner hoop layer is reduced over the cylindrical portion as a portion of the inner hoop layer approaches a boundary portion between the cylindrical portion and the each dome portion.

8. The high-pressure tank according to claim 7 , wherein
the liner has a discontinuous shape at the boundary portion between the cylindrical portion and the each dome portion,
the outer surface of the inner helical layer on the each dome portion forms a uniform stress surface, and
the outer surface of the inner hoop layer on the each dome portion forms a uniform stress surface.

9. The high-pressure tank according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer helical layer and the outer hoop layer are alternately laminated.

Assignees

• Otsubo Hirokazu
• Nishibu Shiro
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Otsubo Hirokazu
• Nishibu Shiro

Classifications

• F17C2221/012

  Hydrogen · CPC title

• F17C2209/2154

  Winding · CPC title

• B29C53/602 Primary

  for tubular articles having closed or nearly closed ends, e.g. vessels, tanks, containers · CPC title

• F17C2221/033

  Methane, e.g. natural gas, CNG, LNG, GNL, GNC, PLNG · CPC title

• F17C2203/0643

  Stainless steels · CPC title