IP Library Granted Patent US 7,204,903
Granted Patent B2
US 7,204,903 · App. 10/955,689 · Granted Apr 17, 2007

Pressure container manufacturing method

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Patent No.
US 7,204,903
App. No.
10/955,689
Granted
Apr 17, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pressure container manufacturing method by forming an outer shell of a fiber reinforced composite material on a periphery of a liner having a cylindrical portion, dome portions connected to both ends of the cylindrical portion, and a mouth piece disposed on one top of the dome portions, has: forming a body on the periphery by braiding fiber bundles provided from bobbins of a braider disposed in a circumferential direction of the liner, while moving the liner in an axial direction, wherein when body formation reaches a root portion of the mouth piece, a movement in a first direction of the liner is stopped, each bobbin is rotated approximately a half-turn in the circumferential direction, and thereafter formation of the body is continued while moving the liner in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and curing a resin impregnated in the fiber bundles, to form an outer shell.

Claims (10)

1. A pressure container manufacturing method for manufacturing a pressure container by forming an outer shell made of a fiber reinforced composite material on an outer periphery of a liner which has a cylindrical portion, dome portions connected to both ends of the cylindrical portion, and a mouth piece disposed on a top of at least one of the dome portions, comprising:

forming a body on the periphery of the liner by braiding a fiber bundle provided from a plurality of bobbins of a braider which is disposed in a circumferential direction of the liner, while moving the liner in an axial direction, wherein when a forming position of the body reaches a root portion of the mouth piece of the liner, a movement in a first direction of the liner is stopped, each of the bobbins is rotated approximately a half-turn in the circumferential direction of the liner, and thereafter formation of the body is continued while moving the liner in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and

curing a resin which is impregnated in the fiber bundle, to form an outer shell.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resin is a thermoplastic resin.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resin is a thermosetting resin.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the thermoplastic resin is any one of a polyimide, a polyphenylene sulfite and a poly ethylene terephthalate.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liner comprises any one of a liquid crystal resin, a synthetic resin and a metallic material.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fiber bundle comprises any one of a carbon fiber, a glass fiber and an aramide fiber.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the half-turn is in a range between 180 degrees and 225 degrees, which interposes the mouth piece.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fiber bundle is continuously braided in the forming a body on the outer shell of the liner.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2017
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042624/0886 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 15, 2014
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033989/0220 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2004
From: YASUI, SHUGO
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 015250/0559 →