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US 12,422,096 · App. 18/706,660 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Liner and pressure vessel

Inventors: Keisuke Ito (Hiratsuka, JP); Nobuhiko Matsumoto (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
F17C1/06C08G69/26C08L77/06F17C2203/0604
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Patent No.
US 12,422,096
App. No.
18/706,660
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a liner which contains a polyamide resin, wherein the polyamide resin contains a diamine-derived structural unit and a dicarboxylic acid-derived structural unit; 50 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural unit is derived from a xylylenediamine; a content of a toughness improver in a region up to 30% in a thickness direction from one surface of the liner is from 5 to 20 mass %; and a content of the toughness improver in a region up to 30% in a thickness direction from the other surface of the liner is 0.5 mass % or less.

Claims (31)

1. A liner comprising a polyamide resin, wherein

the polyamide resin contains a diamine-derived structural unit and a dicarboxylic acid-derived structural unit,

50 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural unit is derived from a xylylenediamine,

a content of a toughness improver in a region up to 30% in a thickness direction from one surface of the liner is from 5 to 20 mass %, and

a content of the toughness improver in a region up to 30% in a thickness direction from the other surface of the liner is 0.5 mass % or less.

2. The liner according to claim 1 , wherein 50 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural unit is derived from an α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 20 carbons.

3. The liner according to claim 2 , wherein the toughness improver contains a carboxylic acid-modified polyolefin.

4. The liner according to claim 1 , wherein the toughness improver contains a carboxylic acid-modified polyolefin.

5. The liner according to claim 4 , wherein a carboxylic acid modification rate of the carboxylic acid-modified polyolefin is from 0.1 to 5.0 mass %.

6. A pressure vessel comprising the liner described in claim 1 and an outer layer of the liner.

7. The pressure vessel according to claim 6 , wherein the region of the liner in which the content of the toughness improver is from 5 to 20 mass % is provided at an inner side of the pressure vessel.

8. The pressure vessel according to claim 7 , wherein the region of the liner in which the content of the toughness improver is from 5 to 20 mass % is provided at an outer side of the pressure vessel.

9. The pressure vessel according to claim 7 , wherein the outer layer contains a fiber-reinforced plastic layer.

10. The pressure vessel according to claim 9 ,

wherein the region of the liner in which the content of the toughness improver is from 5 to 20 mass % is provided at an inner side of the pressure vessel;

the outer layer contains a fiber-reinforced plastic layer;

the fiber-reinforced plastic layer contains a thermosetting resin; and

the outer layer which is the fiber-reinforced plastic layer is adjacent to the region of the liner in which the content of the toughness improver is 0.5 mass % or less.

11. The pressure vessel according to claim 9 ,

wherein the region of the liner in which the content of the toughness improver is from 5 to 20 mass % is provided at an outer side of the pressure vessel;

the outer layer contains a fiber-reinforced plastic layer;

the fiber-reinforced plastic layer contains a thermosetting resin; and

the outer layer which is the fiber-reinforced plastic layer is adjacent to the region of the liner in which the content of the toughness improver is 0.5 mass % or less.

12. The pressure vessel according to claim 7 , which is for a hydrogen gas.

13. The pressure vessel according to claim 7 , which is for an oxygen gas.

14. The pressure vessel according to claim 6 , wherein the region of the liner in which the content of the toughness improver is from 5 to 20 mass % is provided at an outer side of the pressure vessel.

15. The pressure vessel according to claim 6 , wherein the outer layer contains a fiber-reinforced plastic layer.

16. The pressure vessel according to claim 15 , wherein the fiber-reinforced plastic layer contains a thermosetting resin.

17. The pressure vessel according to claim 15 , wherein the outer layer which is the fiber-reinforced plastic layer is adjacent to the region of the liner in which the content of the toughness improver is 0.5 mass % or less.

18. The pressure vessel according to claim 6 , which is for a hydrogen gas.

19. The pressure vessel according to claim 6 , which is for an oxygen gas.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-180979 · Nov 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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