Pressure vessels and method of fabrication

    公开(公告)号:US11162639B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16819055

    申请日:2020-03-14

    IPC分类号: F17C1/02 F17C1/08 F17C1/06

    摘要: A pressure vessel includes curved sidewalls configured as a frame having a polygonal outline, a planar top side and a planar bottom side attached to the curved sidewalls forming a sealed pressure chamber therebetween. Each planar side includes a contoured surface having shaped pressure resistant features formed thereon. A preferred method for forming the pressure resistant features includes hydraulic pressurization to induce plastic strain. The pressure vessel also includes an array of internal support posts within the sealed pressure chamber attached to the planar sides in a geometrical pattern, such as a hexagonal array. The support posts can be solid metal cylinders, hollow tubes or tubes through which reinforcing materials, such as carbon fiber, glass fiber, or fiber/epoxy tape have been passed. A composite pressure vessel includes tubular internal support posts reinforced with reinforcing materials, as well as contoured surfaces and curved sidewalls reinforced with these same reinforcing materials.

    Pressure container
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11060664B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-13

    申请号:US16477132

    申请日:2017-12-14

    申请人: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

    IPC分类号: F17C1/08 F16J12/00 F17C1/16

    摘要: A pressure vessel includes a vessel body, a first rib and a second rib. The vessel body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first rib projects in a second direction from the first surface and extends in a first direction. The second rib provided in series with the first rib, projects in the first direction from the second surface, and extends in the second direction. A width in the second direction of the internal space is smaller than a width in the first direction of the internal space. A maximum value of a projection amount of the second rib from the second surface to the outside of the vessel body in the first direction is smaller than the maximum value of a projection amount of the first rib from the first surface to the outside of the vessel body in the second direction.

    Manufacture of a conformable pressure vessel

    公开(公告)号:US10816138B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US15706117

    申请日:2017-09-15

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a high-pressure fluid vessel includes forming a first portion of a high-pressure fluid vessel with a molding process. The high-pressure fluid vessel includes a stack of capsules. Each capsule includes a first domed end, a second domed end, and a semicylindrical portion extending between and connecting the first domed end to the second domed end. The method further includes forming a second portion of a high-pressure fluid vessel with the molding process. The second portion of the high-pressure fluid vessel is positioned adjacent to the first portion of the high-pressure fluid vessel. The second portion of the high-pressure fluid vessel is welded to the first portion of the high-pressure fluid vessel.

    FILTER CLAMP LOCK
    7.
    发明申请
    FILTER CLAMP LOCK 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200182274A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16792499

    申请日:2020-02-17

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention include a band clamp assembly. The band clamp assembly includes a drive rack and a housing including a receiving hole, a rotatable drive gear, and a locking pawl. The rotatable drive gear is designed to engage the first side of the drive rack and the locking pawl is designed to engage a second side of the drive rack.

    Additively manufactured reinforced structure

    公开(公告)号:US10589878B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-17

    申请号:US15375640

    申请日:2016-12-12

    摘要: A grid stiffened structure which includes a wall which extends in a direction transverse relative to a plane and an elongated rib connected along an elongated dimension of the rib to the wall such that the elongated rib extends along the wall and forms an angle with an axis which extends in a direction perpendicular to the plane. The elongated rib defines a free sidewall which extends from the wall positioned on a first side of the elongated rib and extends in a direction about the elongated rib and transverse to the elongated dimension to the wall positioned on a second side of the elongated rib. The wall and the elongated rib are constructed of a plurality of layers of material which extend in a direction transverse to the axis.