Invention Application
- Patent Title: BRACKETED SUPPORT FOR A DOUBLE WALLED CRYOGENIC STORAGE VESSEL
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Application No.: US15313945Application Date: 2015-05-13
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Publication No.: US20170130900A1Publication Date: 2017-05-11
- Inventor: Martin A. Strange , Brian Girard
- Applicant: Westport Power Inc.
- Priority: CA2852451 20140523
- International Application: PCT/CA2015/050433 WO 20150513
- Main IPC: F17C3/08
- IPC: F17C3/08

Abstract:
Unconstrained rotational movement of an inner vessel with respect to an outer vessel at one end of a cryogenic storage vessel increases stress in supports at an opposite end. A storage vessel for holding a cryogenic fluid comprises an inner vessel defining a cryogen space and having a longitudinal axis, and an outer vessel spaced apart from and surrounding the inner vessel, defining a thermally insulating space between the inner and outer vessels. A structure for supporting the inner vessel within the outer vessel at one end comprises an inner vessel support bracket connected with the inner vessel, an outer vessel support bracket connected with the outer vessel, and an elongated support extending between and mutually engaging the inner and outer support brackets to constrain radial and rotational movement of the inner vessel with respect to the outer vessel and to allow axial movement of the inner vessel with respect to the outer vessel along the longitudinal axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US10451218B2 Bracketed support for a double walled cryogenic storage vessel Public/Granted day:2019-10-22
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