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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186536 | Molding process of liner with divided boss adapter A boss for use with a vessel is disclosed. The boss includes a first component adapted to be formed in an opening of the vessel, wherein the first component includes a first coupling element, and a second component including a second coupling element, wherein the se... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8047396 | End boss and composite pressure vessel A composite pressure vessel comprised of an inner fluid tight liner and an outer reinforced polymer layer. An end boss comprising a short pipe section arranged through an opening of the vessel and extending to a lower end with an outwardly extending flange on the pi... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7946446 | Gas storage tank and method of manufacturing the same A gas storage tank for storing a gas, the tank has an opening formed on at least one of two ends; a filling unit that is housed in the tank; and a support member that is arranged between the tank and the filling unit and holds the filling unit in the tank to connect... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7892696 | Liquid fuel container, fuel cell system, and portable information terminal device By providing a coloring agent, which is brought in contact with the liquid fuel leaked from an outer peripheral portion of the liquid fuel holding section that is configured to hold the liquid fuel and by which the contact portion is changed in color, in at least pa... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7857159 | Article seal assembly A seal assembly is disclosed including a support member, a first seal, a second seal spaced apart from the first seal, and a third seal, wherein the first seal militates against a leakage of fluid when an interior of an article to be sealed is subjected to at least ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7731051 | Hydrogen pressure tank including an inner liner with an outer annular flange A tank for storing a compressed gas, such as hydrogen, that includes a connection assembly to increase seal integrity. The tank includes an inner gas tight liner and an outer support layer that provides the structural integrity. The connection assembly includes a bo... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7699188 | Hybrid pressure vessel with separable jacket A pressure vessel is provided including an inner tank formed from a tank liner surrounded by a wound layer of composite filaments. A protective jacket is disposed on the inner tank that facilitates stacking and portability of the pressure vessel and helps to define ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694840 | Storage vessel chamber for storing fuels such as hydrogen A storage vessel for storing a fluid substance, said storage vessel including a plurality of abutting individually sealed storage chambers, each chamber capable of withstanding super atmospheric pressure, with adjacent chambers for... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7600652 | Multiple layer polymeric cap and method of making the same A cap is formed within the flash of a molded polymeric article. Desirably, the material of the flash, and hence the cap, has the same properties as the molded article. In one embodiment, the molded article is a multi-layer plastic fuel tank having a vapor barrier la... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7556171 | Tank In a high-pressure tank, an adjacent part of a liner and a protruded part of a cap are provided adjacently to each other, and in respective annular grooves in the protruded part, an O-ring for sealing adjacent portions of the adjacent part and the protruded part is ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7404580 | Hollow structure formed by rotational molding and method of manufacturing same A hollow walled structure (22) includes a shell (36) having a wall defining an interior compartment (46). A first support, in the form of a baffle (48), is disposed within the interior compartment (46) and engages the shell (36 | 07/29/2008 |
| 7350660 | Plastic pressure vessel for a fluid and method of manufacturing such a vessel A plastic pressure vessel comprises a first (1, 2) and a second part (2, 1) welded to each other. The first part (1) comprises a layer (11) of thermoplastic material having substantially continuous fibres. The second part comprises a laye... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318520 | Flexible and semi-permeable means of hydrogen delivery in storage and recovery systems A container for use in hydrogen transfer includes structural tubular members and perforations for fluid communication with a central passage covered with a film that is selectively permeable to hydrogen, but not to other gases. The tubular member walls comprise a st... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316327 | Apparatus and method for reinforcing a pressure vessel Pressure vessel end dome reinforcements are placed upon resin-impregnated fiber-wound pressure vessels to improve the strength-to-weight ratio of high performance pressure vessels, such as those that are used as rocket motors, gas generators, and the like. The reinf... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287663 | Lined pressure vessel and connector therefor A pressure vessel is disclosed which includes a lower metallic dome having a lower rim portion, and an upper metallic dome having an upper rim portion, a plastic liner disposed within the upper and lower metallic domes, a metallic band disposed between the plastic l... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7278439 | System and method for sealing a tank opening System for closing off an opening in a plastic tank, formed from a sheet of multilayer plastic that includes a barrier layer, the said sheet being welded around the perimeter of the opening and provided with a peripheral region that is slimmed down so as to effectiv... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7255245 | Hybrid pressure vessel with separable jacket A pressure vessel with a protective jacket disposed thereon, wherein the vessel is formed of a metal liner surrounded by a layer of thermoplastic composite filament winding and a protective jacket disposed thereon that facilitates stacking and portability of the ves... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240499 | Method for transporting compressed natural gas to prevent explosions A method for preventing explosions while transporting compressed natural gas by a floating vessel entails obtaining pressurized high-energy content gas; separating the pressurized product stream into saturated gas and liquids; and removing impurities from the satura... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240498 | Method to provide inventory for expedited loading, transporting, and unloading of compressed natural gas A method for providing inventory for expedited loading and transport of compressed natural gas entails obtaining pressurized high-energy content gas; separating the high-energy gas into saturated gas and liquids; and removing impurities from the saturated gas. Water... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237391 | Method for processing and transporting compressed natural gas A method for processing and transporting compressed natural gas by a floating vessel with a power plant entails obtaining pressurized high-energy content gas, separating the pressurized product stream into saturated gas and liquids, and removing impurities from the ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7195830 | Apparatus, mechanism and process for warming-up fuel cell Hydrogen stored in a high-pressure tank 21 is supplied to a metal hydride (MH) tank 31 to be occluded. Cooling water of a cooling system C1 for a fuel cell 10 is heated through the heat generated at this time to warm-up the fuel cell. By ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195133 | Composite pressure tank and process for its manufacture A pressure vessel (10) and a process for its fabrication, the vessel (10) having a liner shell (16) formed from composite materials cured out-of-autoclave, and an outer structure (18) formed by winding or laying up additional layers of co... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179061 | Multi-layer compressor housing and method of manufacture A multi-layered compressor housing and method of manufacture is provided. The housing defines an interior space and includes first and second layers having first and second major surfaces respectivley. The first and second layers are secured together by the friction... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172825 | Fuel cartridge with flexible liner containing insert A cartridge connectable to a fuel cell is disclosed. The cartridge comprises an outer casing and an inner flexible liner containing fuel for the fuel cell. The inner flexible liner may have an insert disposed inside the inner liner to facilitate the transport of fue... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168744 | Fastening structure for use at low temperature A first flange and a second flange are superposed and fastened with a bolt and a nut in a fastening operation, to implement a fastening structure used at temperature lower than atmospheric temperature for the fastening operation. Assuming that the first flange has a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169214 | High pressure tank A high pressure tank has a cylindrical liner and a fiber reinforced plastic layer which covers the outer surface of the liner. At least one end of the liner is separable. The liner includes a cylindrical liner body and a lid. An O-ring is located between the contact... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159737 | Internally cooled pressure containment apparatus A pressure containment apparatus includes a shell having a top end and a bottom end forming a pressure chamber. The pressure containment apparatus also includes a liner having an outside diameter larger than an inside diameter of the shell, wherein the liner is remo... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159738 | Multi-cell tank for pressurised gas The present invention relates to a multi-cell tank (2) for pressurized gas formed by a group of tubes (2a) immersed in a fibrous resin body (4) and reinforced by means of external texture (7), closed with two covers that feature a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156094 | Breathing apparatus and pressure vessels therefor There is described a wearable garment capable of supplying air to a user comprising a plurality of compartments disposed about the garment, a plurality of air storage vessels for fitting into respective ones of the compartments, an air regulator, a connector for con... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150353 | Method for safe handling of unstable hydride gases A method for safely handling unstable hydrides, such as germane, in an enclosure which has one or more openings, by partitioning the enclosure into smaller but interconnected volumes and providing heat storage and transfer within the enclosure to rapidly remove heat... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147124 | Containers and methods for containing pressurized fluids using reinforced fibers and methods for making such containers Containers suitable for storing pressurized fluids at cryogenic temperatures of −62° C. (−80° F.) and colder are provided and comprise a self-supporting liner and load-bearing composite overwrap, whereby means are provided for substantially preventing failure ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137345 | High volume liquid containment system for ships A liquid containment system for an ocean-going vessel. The liquid containment system includes a tank having converging upper walls. The converging upper walls of the tank contain a substantial portion of the liquid therebetween and reduce the free surface area assoc... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128095 | Vibration damping coupling A vibration damping bellows with a high vibration absorbing effect and whose a simple structure. In a vibration damping coupling, for example, the vibration damping bellows is formed by interposing viscoelastic material, material with low elasticity, or combination ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124714 | Fuel supply apparatus using low boiling point fuel and its control method A fuel supply apparatus reduces the fuel vaporization and leakage. The positions of vaporization and leakage and their amount in the fuel tank and the fuel pipe are detected when using a low boiling point fuel having a vapor phase in the normal temperatures and atmo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112239 | Gas storage apparatus A hydrogen storage apparatus that includes multiple gas storage tanks that each house a storing/adsorbing material and through the interior of which a fluid travels is provided. The gas storage apparatus 10 includes roughly cylindrical gas storage tanks 20... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108821 | Method for making double-wall shells by centrifuging A method of fabricating a double-walled shell of fiber reinforced plastic material is by centrifuging. The outer wall of the shell is made by projecting glass fibers and resin in a liquid phase against an inside face of a cylindrical mold rotating about its horizont... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108015 | In-line flow through diaphragm tank An in-line expansion tank. As fluid traverses a pipe within the tank, it may pass into and displace a diaphragm disposed outside of the pipe if the fluid pressure is greater than a tank pressure pushing the diaphragm against the pipe. When the fluid pressure decreas... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093337 | Integrated tankage for propulsion vehicles and the like The present invention provides methods for integrating structural members inside the body of a propulsion vehicle with tankage used to store fluid propellant and the like. Propulsion vehicles may be made lighter, more compact, cheaper, and easier to manufacture by u... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7032767 | Pressurized container for storing pressurized liquid and/or gaseous media, consisting of a plastic core container which is reinforced with fibre-reinforced plastics and a method for producing the same A plastic core container is reinforced with a fibre-plastic composite for storing pressurized liquid and/or gaseous media and includes one or more connecting parts located in the neck and/or base and/or cylindrical container part. At least one connecting part is con... | 04/25/2006 |
