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Granted Patent B1
US 11,180,236 · App. 15/171,955 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Carbon pressure vessels for gas storage

Inventors: William Raymond Regan (San Carlos, CA); Michael Jason Grundmann (San Jose, CA); Richard Wayne DeVaul (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: X Development LLC
B64B1/58B64B1/06B64B1/40
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,180,236
App. No.
15/171,955
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

An apparatus comprising a spherical vessel, where the spherical vessel further includes a wall, where the wall is formed from one or more layers of material and a gas, where the gas may be lighter-than-air and is enclosed by the wall.

Claims (4)

1. A vessel comprising:

a metal outer wall; and

an inner graphitic wall formed on an interior surface of the metal outer wall to yield a double-walled tank,

wherein the inner graphitic wall is composed of graphene and defines a sealed volume inside the metal outer wall.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2016
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 039900/0610 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2016
From: REGAN, WILLIAM RAYMOND; GRUNDMANN, MICHAEL JASON; DEVAUL, RICHARD WAYNE
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 038989/0212 →