F17C 13/004
Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels: for
Official title: {for large storage vessels not under pressure (F17C13/008 and F17C13/02 - F17C13/12 take precedence)}
F17C13/004 (Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels: for) appears on 119 US grants and 148 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17C- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Insulation system for stand-alone type b liquefied gas storage tank, design method thereof, and ship including same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200555 A1Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.
- Insulating system for liquefied gas storage tank, and ship comprising same11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160388 A1Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.
- Low-temperature liquefied gas tank11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160389 A1Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Injector for a gas reservoir, and reservoir equipped with such an injector10 Jul 2025US 2025/0224079 A1L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
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- Liquefied gas storage tank22US 6,732,881 B1Mobil Oil Corporation · 2004
- Reliquefaction of compressed vapor21US 6,449,983 B2The BOC Group, Inc. · 2002