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US 11,193,630 · App. 16/815,210 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

High pressure tank and method for manufacturing the same

Inventor: Naoki Ueda (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
F17C1/02B29C53/58B29L2031/7156F17C2201/0109F17C2203/0604F17C2203/067F17C2203/0619F17C2260/011
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Patent No.
US 11,193,630
App. No.
16/815,210
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The high pressure tank includes a liner, a hoop layer, and a helical layer. The liner includes a cylindrically-shaped trunk portion and dome portions disposed on both ends in an axial direction of the trunk portion. In the hoop layer, a fiber impregnated with a resin is wound in hoop winding and laminated to cover the trunk portion. In the helical layer, a fiber impregnated with a resin is wound in helical winding and laminated to cover at least the dome portions. An interface strength between the fiber and the resin on the hoop layer covering the trunk portion has a low fatigue strength and a high tensile strength compared with an interface strength between the fiber and the resin on the helical layer covering the dome portions.

Claims (18)

1. A high pressure tank comprising:

a liner that includes a cylindrically-shaped trunk portion and dome portions disposed on both ends in an axial direction of the trunk portion;

a hoop layer in which a fiber impregnated with a resin is wound in hoop winding and laminated to cover the trunk portion; and

a helical layer in which a fiber impregnated with a resin is wound in helical winding and laminated to cover at least the dome portions,

wherein an interface strength between the fiber and the resin on the hoop layer covering the trunk portion has a low fatigue strength and a high tensile strength compared with an interface strength between the fiber and the resin on the helical layer covering the dome portions.

2. The high pressure tank according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fiber and/or the resin used for the hoop layer covering the trunk portion and the helical layer covering the dome portions are different.

3. The high pressure tank according to claim 1 ,

wherein heating amounts for heating the resins of the hoop layer covering the trunk portion and the helical layer covering the dome portions are different.

4. A method for manufacturing a high pressure tank, wherein

the high pressure tank includes a liner that includes a cylindrically-shaped trunk portion and dome portions disposed on both ends in an axial direction of the trunk portion, a hoop layer in which a fiber impregnated with a resin is wound in hoop winding and laminated to cover the trunk portion, and a helical layer in which a fiber impregnated with a resin is wound in helical winding and laminated to cover at least the dome portions, the method comprising:

laminating the hoop layer covering the trunk portion so as to have a low fatigue strength and a high tensile strength compared with the helical layer covering the dome portions for an interface strength between the fiber and the resin; and

laminating the helical layer covering the dome portions so as to have a high fatigue strength and a low tensile strength compared with the hoop layer covering the trunk portion for an interface strength between the fiber and the resin.

5. The method for manufacturing a high pressure tank according to claim 4 ,

wherein the fiber and/or the resin used in the laminating of the hoop layer and the laminating of the helical layer are different.

6. The method for manufacturing a high pressure tank according to claim 4 , further comprising

thermally curing the laminated hoop layer and the laminated helical layer,

wherein in the thermally curing, a heating amount for heating the hoop layer covering the trunk portion is different from a heating amount for heating the helical layer covering the dome portions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2020
From: UEDA, NAOKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-069959 · Apr 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200309320A1 · Oct 1, 2020
Cited By (1)
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