IP Library Granted Patent US 11,879,592
Granted Patent B2
US 11,879,592 · App. 17/286,046 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Gas pressure vessel

Inventors: Takafumi Hosoya (Muroran, JP); Yoru Wada (Tokyo, JP); Hirokazu Tsuji (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Japan Steel Works M & E, Inc.; Tokyo Denki University
F17C1/005F17C13/06F17C2201/0109F17C2201/035F17C2205/0305F17C2221/012F17C2223/036F17C2270/01
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Patent No.
US 11,879,592
App. No.
17/286,046
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas pressure vessel capable of performing processing of removing wrinkles on an inner surface of a dome part and preventing cracking starting from a root of a thread of a neck part is provided. In a gas pressure vessel according to one embodiment, a dome part ( 12 ) has an opening whose diameter is 90 mm or greater, and the innermost root of the thread in a female thread part ( 10 a ) into which a lid ( 20 ) is screwed is provided inside an imaginary plane (B) formed by extending an outer surface of the dome part ( 12 ) toward an opening.

Claims (18)

1. A gas pressure vessel configured to be filled with hydrogen gas, comprising:

a body part comprising a cylindrical part, a hemispherical dome part extended outward from an opening end of the cylindrical part, and a cylindrical neck part protruded outward from a periphery of an opening provided at a top of the dome part, the cylindrical part, the hemispherical dome part, and the cylindrical neck part being integrally formed as a single piece; and

a lid screwed into a female thread part formed on an inner peripheral surface of the neck part; and

an annular seal member configured to seal a gap between an inner peripheral surface of the opening of the dome part and an outer peripheral surface of the lid, wherein

the opening of the dome part has a diameter greater than 90 mm,

an innermost root of a thread in the female thread part is inward of an imaginary plane formed by extending an outer surface of the dome part toward the opening and is outward of an inner surface of the dome part,

an outermost root of the thread in the female thread part is outward of the imaginary plane formed by extending the outer surface of the dome part,

the seal member is inward of the innermost root of the thread in the female thread part and is outward of the inner surface of the dome part, and

the seal member is fitted into an annular groove formed in an inner edge of the outer peripheral surface of the lid,

wherein a step is formed between an outer side of the opening of the dome part and an inner side of the opening of the dome part by having a diameter of the outer side of the opening of the dome part being larger than a diameter of the inner side of the opening of the dome part, the step preventing lid movement, and

the seal member is inward of the step.

2. The gas pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the dome part has a thickness that becomes larger toward the opening.

3. The gas pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein a gas the gas pressure vessel is filled with has a pressure of 70 MPa or greater.

4. The gas pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the opening of the dome part has a diameter of 150 mm or smaller.

5. The gas pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein a gas the gas pressure vessel is filled with is hydrogen.

6. The gas pressure vessel according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner side of the opening of the dome part has a diameter greater than 90 mm, and

the innermost root of the thread is provided between the step and the neck part.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 24, 2026
From: JAPAN STEEL WORKS M&E, INC.
To: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 075746/0785 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: HOSOYA, TAKAFUMI; WADA, YORU; TSUJI, HIROKAZU
To: JAPAN STEEL WORKS M&E, INC..; TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 056887/0105 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-195537 · Oct 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210381646A1 · Dec 9, 2021