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US 11,168,962 B2Granted
Self-sealing liquid containment system and method of installing same
AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsDavid Bongiovanni, Michael Wiseman, Adam Janicki, Eric Forster
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Abstract
A system. The system includes one or more self-sealing panels and a cap member. The one or more self-sealing panels substantially cover an exterior surface of a liquid container. The cap member covers at least one of the following: one or more portions of the exterior surface of the liquid container; and an exterior surface of at least one of the one or more self-sealing panels.
Claims7
A system, comprising:
- a liquid container, wherein the liquid container comprises a metal material;
- a plurality of discrete, pre-fabricated, multi-layer self-sealing panels connected to the liquid container, wherein the plurality of discrete, multi-layer self-sealing panels are field mountable to and substantially cover an exterior surface of the liquid container, and wherein at least one of the plurality of discrete, pre-fabricated, multi-layer self-sealing panels comprises:
- a first self-sealing layer comprising an elastomeric self-sealing material;
- a first barrier layer portion comprising a polyurethane material, wherein the first barrier layer is connected to the liquid container;
- a first fabric layer between the first self-sealing layer and the first barrier layer portion, wherein the first fabric layer comprises an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene material;
- a second barrier layer portion;
- a second self-sealing layer between the second barrier layer portion and the first self-sealing layer;
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- a second fabric layer between the second barrier layer portion and the second self-sealing layer;
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- a self-sealing cap member connected to at least two of the plurality of discrete, multi-layer self-sealing panels, wherein the self-sealing cap member covers at least one of the following:
- one or more portions of the exterior surface of the liquid container;
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- an exterior surface of each of the at least two of the plurality of discrete, multi-layer self-sealing panels.
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A system, comprising:
- a liquid container, wherein the liquid container comprises a metal material;
- a plurality of discrete, pre-fabricated, multi-layer self-sealing panels connected to the liquid container, wherein the plurality of discrete, multi-layer self-sealing panels are field mountable to and substantially cover an exterior surface of the liquid container, and wherein at least one of the plurality of discrete, pre-fabricated, multi-layer self-sealing panels comprises:
- a first self-sealing layer comprising an elastomeric self-sealing material;
- a first barrier layer portion comprising a polyurethane material, wherein the first barrier layer is connected to the liquid container;
- a first fabric layer between the first self-sealing layer and the first barrier layer portion, wherein the first fabric layer comprises an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene material;
- a second barrier layer portion;
- a second self-sealing layer between the second barrier layer portion and the first self-sealing layer;
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- a second fabric layer between the second barrier layer portion and the second self-sealing layer;
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- a cap member connected to at least two of the plurality of discrete, multi-layer self-sealing panels, wherein the cap member comprises a laminate structure comprising a barrier layer and a self-sealing layer, and covers at least one of the following:
- one or more portions of the exterior surface of the liquid container;
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- an exterior surface of each of the at least two of the plurality of discrete, multi-layer self-sealing panels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.