IP Library Granted Patent US 10,082,246
Granted Patent B2
US 10,082,246 · App. 15/426,507 · Granted Sep 25, 2018

Cryogenic pressurized storage with hump-reinforced vacuum jacket

Inventors: Salvador M. Aceves (Livermore, CA); Francisco Espinosa-Loza (Livermore, CA); Guillaume Petitpas (Livermore, CA); Vernon A. Switzer (Livermore, CA); Elias Rigoberto Ledesma-Orozco (Salamanca GTO., MX); Victor Alfonso Alcantar-Camarena (Salamanca GTO., MX)
Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC; UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO
F17C1/02F17C1/12F17C13/001F17C2203/011F17C2203/03F17C2203/0391F17C2203/0646F17C2221/012F17C2260/012
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Patent No.
US 10,082,246
App. No.
15/426,507
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cryogenic hydrogen storage vessel includes an outer vacuum vessel, a reinforcement ring on the outer vacuum vessel, an inner pressure vessel inside of the outer vacuum vessel, and a vacuum space between the outer vacuum vessel and the inner pressure vessel. One embodiment of the cryogenic hydrogen storage vessel includes an outer vacuum vessel; a hump-shaped reinforcement ring on the outer vacuum vessel, the hump-shaped reinforcement ring including an external hump portion that protrudes from the hump-shaped reinforcement ring and an internal recess in the hump-shaped reinforcement ring; an inner pressure vessel inside of the outer vacuum vessel, a vacuum space between the outer vacuum vessel and the inner pressure vessel, and a composite support ring in the vacuum space extending from the hump-shaped reinforcement ring on the outer vacuum vessel to the inner pressure vessel, the composite support ring nested in the recess in the hump-shaped reinforcement ring.

Claims (6)

1. A cryogenic hydrogen storage vessel apparatus, comprising:

an outer vacuum vessel;

a reinforcement ring on said outer vacuum vessel, wherein said reinforcement ring includes a hump portion that protrudes outward from said outer vacuum vessel and a recess within said outer vacuum vessel;

an inner pressure vessel inside of said outer vacuum vessel;

a vacuum space between said outer vacuum vessel and said inner pressure vessel; and

a composite support ring in said vacuum space wherein said composite support ring is located in said recess within said outer vacuum vessel and extends from said reinforcement ring on said outer vacuum vessel to said inner pressure vessel.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2018
From: LEDESMA OROZCO, ELIAS RIGOBERTO; ALCANTAR CAMARENA, VICTOR ALFONSO
To: UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO
Reel/Frame 046569/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2017
From: LEDESMA OROZCO, ELIAS RIGOBERTO; ALCANTAR CAMARENA, VICTOR ALFONSO
To: UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO/UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO
Reel/Frame 043402/0883 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
To: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reel/Frame 041366/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: ACEVES, SALVADOR M.; ESPINOSA-LOZA, FRANCISCO; PETITPAS, GUILLAUME; SWITZER, VERNON A.
To: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
Reel/Frame 041194/0177 →
Continuity (1)
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