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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181813 | Transportation and/or storage device comprising a double-walled insulating bulb The invention relates to a device (10) for transporting and/or storing products, particularly of cryostat type, having an external packaging structure (14) comprising walls defining an internal volume (16) within which is a double-walled insulat... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8087534 | Liquid hydrogen storage tank with partially-corrugated piping and method of manufacturing same A cryogenic storage tank having an inner vessel disposed within an outer vessel. The fluid flow lines that extend from the interior of the inner vessel to the exterior of the outer vessel have both corrugated- and non-corrugated portions. The corrugated portions adv... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8028853 | Cryostat comprising a cryogen vessel suspended within an outer vacuum container A cryostat comprises a cryogen vessel suspended within an outer vacuum container, the cryogen vessel is supported by an arrangement that includes at least one housing mounted on an exterior surface of the outer vacuum container and arranged to function as a floor mo... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020721 | Tank for storing cryogenic fluids and method for constructing a fluid tight tank The invention relates to a tank (11) for storage of cryogenic fluids. The tank (11) comprises a base section (12), a vertical wall element (14) and preferably an upper top (19). The tank (11) is provided with a fluid tight b... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7775391 | Container for holding a cryogenic fuel A double-walled vacuum insulated container for holding a cryogenic fluid comprises a support system for the inner vessel that comprises at least one elongated metallic conduit that penetrates the walls of the outer vessel and the inner vessel. The conduit itself pro... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7757882 | Suspended liquid hydrogen storage tank An apparatus and method for suspending an inner tank within an outer tank to form a cryogenic storage tank. Opposing ends of the inner tank are suspended from the outer tank by suspension members. A preloading device facilitates the preloading of the suspension memb... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7743940 | Double-walled container having supports for positioning the inner and outer walls A container for cryogenic liquids comprises an inner container and an outer container which are positioned with respect to each other and are thermally decoupled from each other by a vacuum insulation layer. In order, with the lowest possible weight and lowest possi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7641068 | Liquid hydrogen storage tank with common-access tube as port for pipes into the inner vessel A cryogenic storage tank having an insulated inner vessel disposed within an outer vessel. A common-access tube or conduit is used to route the various fluid flow lines into the interior of the inner vessel. The use of a common-access tube reduces the number of obst... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7344045 | Container for holding a cryogenic fluid A double-walled vacuum-insulated container for holding a cryogenic fluid comprises a support structure for supporting an inner vessel within an outer vessel. The container has an elongated horizontal axis. A conduit extending between the inner and outer vessels has ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337811 | Pressurized hydrogen storage system An apparatus and method for storing gases and liquids having a high trans-migration rate through containment surfaces due to their molecular size. An inner pressurized retaining enclosure for the storage of gas and liquids has a second enclosure wall about the first... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7299650 | Dry cryogenic shipping container A dry cryogenic shipping container having a removable absorbent assembly is provided. The dry cryogenic shipping container is structured to be a Dewar's flask having a first, outer shell assembly, and second, inner shell assembly disposed within and spaced from the ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284674 | Double-layer vacuum container A double-layer vacuum container includes: an inner container having a bridging member supported by an outer container in a bridging manner; the outer container through which the bridging member extending from the inner container is externally exposed; and a cover me... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7231785 | Column system and process for producing same Temperature related changes in dimension in a column system, having at least one separating column, a column vessel and a coldbox with coldbox casing, can be compensated for by providing for axial and/or radial movement. The column vessel is connected to the coldbox... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230696 | Calibration of instruments for measuring the permeability of a material A system that calibrates instruments for measuring the light or air permeability of a material, and includes a calibration target which can be used for calibration of either light-based or air-based instruments. The calibration target simulates the material whose pe... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7165698 | Construction for multi-layered vacuum super insulated cryogenic tank A construction for a multi-layered vacuum super insulated cryogenic tank and a method for making the same is disclosed. The cryogenic tank uses an inner tank that is wrapped with multiple layers of radiation shielding and is suspended within a frame by one or more s... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165408 | Method of operating a cryogenic liquid gas storage tank The present invention teaches methods of operating a pressurized cryogenic liquid gas storage tank that has a vent cooling shield around which fuel vented from a storage tank flows to cool the storage tank by reducing the influence of heat influx into the storage ta... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159456 | Level indicator for liquid hydrogen tank A liquid hydrogen tank assembly that employs a level sensor inductively coupled through the tank walls so as to minimize one conductive heat path through the tank walls. The tank assembly includes an inner tank and an outer tank having a vacuum layer therebetween to... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146817 | Cold box storage apparatus for LNG tanks and methods for processing, transporting and/or storing LNG A cryogenic fluid storage/processing system which includes a cement box in which is positioned a multiplicity of tanks arranged parallel in one or more layers and surrounded by perlite insulation, and in which is positioned a pump for filling/emptying the tanks. A v... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131277 | Cryogenic vessel with an ullage space venturi assembly A cryogenic vessel includes a first, outer vessel assembly having an outer vessel and a liquid fill line assembly and a second, ullage space vessel having a bottom and disposed within the first, outer vessel, adjacent to the top of the first, outer vessel. The liqui... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7093734 | Tray with side recesses and channels for gas transfer Packaging methods and apparatus for bonding a lidding web to a tray web, characterized in that the lidding web is placed under tension in both the longitudinal and lateral directions before being bonded to a tray web. A tray web having recesses and channels that for... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086236 | Method for operating a motor vehicle fuel tank system, especially a cryotank system and corresponding tank system; for example, for liquid hydrogen A method and system for venting accumulations of leakage from a vehicle cryo fuel tank system, whereby elements of the tank system like lines, valves and/or a storage container for the fuel are enveloped at least partially by a capsule, the interior of the capsule i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7036323 | Cryogenic tank for storing cryogenic fuel in a motor vehicle and method for using same A tank for storing a cryo fuel in a vehicle with an internal storage container, an external container enveloping the internal container, and an electromagnetically switch selectable thermal bridge element which can produce or interrupt a heat conducting connection b... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007803 | Device for storing liquids The invention relates to a device for storing liquids comprised of a plastic container, which is produced by a blowing process, which has a single layer or multilayer wall, and which is provided with at least one filling and emptying opening. The aim of the inventio... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6971537 | Support arrangement for semi-membrane tank walls In the support arrangements for a semi-membrane tank walls described in the specification, the top and side walls of a semi-membrane tank are provided with stiffener members and a surrounding tank support structure has support members which are connected to the stif... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6880719 | Tank for cryogenic liquids A tank for cryogenic liquid fuel includes a tank with inner and outer shells. A support beam with its ends supported in endwalls of the outer shell extends through a central sleeve in the inner shell. Raised formations on the support beam engage the interior of the ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6868981 | Light weight hydrogen tank A light weight fuel tank for a hydrogen powered airplane used as a platform for communication repeaters for communication services. An outer spherical shell member of a sandwich configuration surrounds an inner thin walled spherical shell member in which the liquid ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6742554 | Device for overheat protection for a type 4 compressed gas container A pressure container (70) for storing hydrogen gas (26) under pressure for a fuel cell engine. The container (70) includes an outer support layer (12) and a thermoplastic liner (14). An adapter (18) is provided in the outer ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6719163 | Polymeric fuel container A fuel container with a wall of at least two wall shells which are separated at least partially from each other by an air gap between them. The dual shell wall structure helps to substantially improve the mechanical properties of the fuel container. Preferably, each... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6708502 | Lightweight cryogenic-compatible pressure vessels for vehicular fuel storage A lightweight, cryogenic-compatible pressure vessel for flexibly storing cryogenic liquid fuels or compressed gas fuels at cryogenic or ambient temperatures. The pressure vessel has an inner pressure container enclosing a fuel storage volume, an outer container surr... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6655541 | Storage container for liquids A sectioned storage container for liquids has an inner plastic container to be filled with a liquid and a plastic receptacle that surrounds the inner container so that an intermediate space is formed between the inner container and the receptacle. The inn... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6640554 | Containment module for transportable liquid natural gas dispensing station A portable self-contained liquid natural gas (LNG) dispensing system is housed in a container featuring opposing side and end walls and a bottom panel. The container is divided into a ventilated portion and a covered portion. A roof is over the covered po... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634519 | Method for manufacturing a tank for a cryogenic fluid and tank thus produced A tank for a cryogenic fluid, of the type comprising an inner vessel (2) intended to receive the cryogenic fluid and delimiting, with an outer vessel (8), a space (9) for the insertion of multilayer thermal insulation (7). The tank comprises multilayer th... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6595382 | Storage container for cryogenic liquids and methods of making same A storage container for cryogenic liquids has an outer container and at least one inner container, an insulation space being situated between the outer container and the inner container or containers. The outer container and/or the inner container have de... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6539726 | Vapor plug for cryogenic storage vessels A thermal barrier for a Dewar vessel combines an insulative vapor plug and a vapor barrier. The plug is sized so as to define an open space between it and the neck portion of the Dewar vessel to allow venting of vaporous cryogen from the inner vessel of t... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6516754 | Convective heating system for liquid storage tank A heating system for heating liquids, stored in a tank at low ambient temperature, has a heating chamber with an inlet and an outlet for convectively flowing liquid past a flameless heater. Cold liquid is drawn through an inlet line, from the tank near it... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6467642 | Cryogenic shipping container A shipping container with an outer shipping container shell and a support assembly for holding a dewar vessel within the outer shipping container shell and providing impact and vibration resistance to the dewar vessel. The dewar vessel has an inner vessel... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6415942 | Filler assembly for automobile fuel tank The fuel tank assembly for an automobile comprises a substantially box-shaped bottom portion having a top peripheral flange; several highly porous filler packets or blocks made from metal foil mesh material received in the tank, each packet being formed f... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6367643 | Cryostat, cryostat positioning method and cryostat alignment set A cryostatic vessel 12 is radially interconnected inside a tubular thermal shield 18. A shield first endplate 20 includes a plurality of spacers 30 which are disposed in axial abutment with a corresponding first endplate 14 of the vessel during assembly. ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6354321 | Storage container for cryogenic liquids The invention relates to a storage container, especially for cryogenic liquids, with an inside container (1) and an outside container (2), whereby an insulation space (3) is located between inside container (1) and outside container (2). To increase the s... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6347719 | Light weight hydrogen tank A light weight fuel tank for a hydrogen powered airplane used as a platform for communication repeaters for communication services. An outer spherical shell member of a sandwich configuration surrounds an inner thin walled spherical shell member in which ... | 02/19/2002 |
