PRESSURIZED GAS CONTAINMENT LINER, PRESSURIZED GAS TANK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ASSOCIATED PRESSURIZED GAS CONTAINMENT LINER

1 . A pressurized gas containment liner, comprising:

a first part, comprising a first shell;

a second part, comprising a second shell;

at least one intermediate part, arranged between the first part and the second part, in an assembly direction, the at least one intermediate part being rigidly connected to the first part and the second part;

the first part, the second part, and the at least one intermediate part together delimit an interior volume;

the least one intermediate part or at least one of the intermediate part(s) comprising:

an intermediate shell, and

at least one pillar elongated in an elongation direction, connecting two opposite portions of the intermediate shell and passing through the interior volume perpendicular to the assembly direction,

the at least one pillar and the intermediate shell being integral,

the at least one intermediate part comprises a plurality of intermediate parts, and

wherein the pressurized gas containment liner comprises the plurality of intermediate parts, adjacent in the assembly direction.

2 . The pressurized gas containment liner according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pillar comprises a plurality of pillars, and wherein the at least one intermediate part comprises the plurality of pillars, the plurality of pillars being aligned in a direction perpendicular to the assembly direction and to the elongation direction of the plurality of pillars.

3 . The pressurized gas containment liner according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pillar is hollow, the at least one pillar comprising a pillar wall, connected to the intermediate shell and delimiting a pillar cavity, the at least one pillar and the intermediate shell delimiting two openings such that the pillar cavity opens on both sides of the at least one intermediate part.

4 . The pressurized gas containment liner according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first part comprises at least a first reinforcing rib rigidly connected to the first shell, said first reinforcing rib comprising a lumen extending parallel to the elongation direction and opening on both sides of the first part, and/or

the second part comprises at least a second reinforcing rib rigidly connected to the second shell, said second reinforcing rib comprising a lumen extending parallel to the elongation direction and opening on both sides of the second part.

5 . The pressurized gas containment liner according to claim 1 , wherein the first part, the at least one intermediate part, and the second part, are alternately in the assembly direction, formed of a material configured to be transparent to laser radiation and made of a material configured to absorb the laser radiation, and

the first part, the at least one intermediate part, and the second part, being rigidly connected to each other in the assembly direction by laser welding.

6 . The pressurized gas containment liner according to claim 1 , wherein the first part, the at least one intermediate part, and the second part, are rigidly connected together in the assembly direction by butt welding, a resistive sheet being arranged between welded adjacent edges of the first part, of the at least one intermediate part, or of the second part.

7 . The pressurized gas containment liner according to claim 6 , wherein the welded adjacent edges delimit therebetween an oblique butt welding plane extending obliquely relative to the assembly direction.

8 . A pressurized gas tank comprising the pressurized gas containment liner according to claim 1 , and a tank body arranged around the pressurized gas containment liner, an inner face of the tank body being affixed to an outer face of the pressurized gas containment liner.

9 . A method for manufacturing a pressurized gas containment liner, comprising the following steps:

providing a first part, a second part, and at least one intermediate part of the pressurized gas containment liner;

rigidly connecting the at least one intermediate part(s) to the first part and the second part, the intermediate part(s) being arranged between the first part and the second part in the assembly direction; and

wherein the at least one intermediate part comprises a plurality of intermediate parts, and wherein the pressurized gas containment liner comprises the plurality of intermediate parts, adjacent in an assembly direction.