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US 11,913,603 B2Granted
Pressure vessel
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorCheol Hwan Kim
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Abstract
A pressure vessel includes: a barrel part disposed in a predefined square area and having a diameter corresponding to a length of one side of the square area; a first nozzle member disposed at one end of the barrel part; a second nozzle member disposed at an opposite end of the barrel part; and clamp rings disposed in the square area, positioned outside the barrel part, and configured to lock the first and second nozzle members to the barrel part, thereby improving spatial utilization and a degree of design freedom.
Claims18
A pressure vessel comprising:
- a plurality of barrel parts, each disposed in a respective predefined square area of a plurality of square areas and having a diameter corresponding to a length of one side of the square area;
- wherein, for each barrel part of the plurality of barrel parts, the pressure vessel further comprises:
- a first nozzle member disposed at one end of the barrel part;
- a second nozzle member disposed at an opposite end of the barrel part;
- and
- clamp rings disposed in the square area, positioned outside the barrel part, and configured to lock the first and second nozzle members to the barrel part;
- wherein the plurality of square areas are disposed to one another to define a matrix;
- wherein the first nozzle members of barrel parts disposed in neighboring square areas are adjacent to one another and the second nozzle members of barrel parts disposed in the neighboring square areas are adjacent to one another, and
- wherein the pressure vessel additionally comprises:
- a guide protrusion provided on any one of the adjacent second nozzle members;
- and
- a guide groove provided in other of the adjacent second nozzle members and configured to accommodate the guide protrusion so that the guide protrusion is slidable in a longitudinal direction of the barrel part.
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A pressure vessel comprising:
- a plurality of barrel parts, each disposed in a predefined square area and having a diameter corresponding to a length of on side of the square area;
- wherein, for each barrel part of the plurality of barrel parts, the pressure vessel further comprises:
- a first nozzle member disposed at one end of the barrel part;
- a second nozzle member disposed an opposite end of the barrel part;
- and
- clamp rings disposed in the square area, position outside the barrel part, and
- configured to lock the first and second nozzle members to the barrel part;
- wherein the plurality of square areas are adjacent to one another and the second nozzle members of barrel parts disposed in the neighboring square areas are adjacent to one another;
- wherein the pressure vessel further comprises:
- a first spacer interposed between the adjacent first nozzle members,
- a second spacer interposed between the adjacent second nozzle members;
- and
- an intermediate clamp ring disposed between the adjacent barrel parts in a longitudinal direction of the barrel part and configured to partially surround the adjacent first nozzle members, the first spacer, the second spacer, and the adjacent second nozzle members.
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A pressure vessel comprising:
- a plurality of barrel parts, each disposed in a respective predefined square area of a plurality of square areas and having a diameter corresponding to a length of one side of the square area;
- wherein, for each barrel part of the plurality of barrel parts, the pressure vessel further comprises:
- a first nozzle member disposed at one end of the barrel part;
- a second nozzle member disposed at an opposite end of the barrel part;
- and
- clamp rings disposed in the square area, positioned outside the barrel part,
- and configured to lock the first and second nozzle members to the barrel part:
- wherein at least one of the first or second nozzle members comprises:
- a nozzle body;
- and
- a nozzle cover configured to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the barrel part relative to the nozzle body,
- wherein the clamp rings are supported on the nozzle cover, and
- wherein a gap is defined between the nozzle body and the nozzle cover in the longitudinal direction of the barrel part, the gap is selectively adjusted based on the movement of the nozzle cover relative to the nozzle body, and
- wherein the pressure vessel additionally comprises:
- a guide protrusion provided on any one of the adjacent second nozzle members;
- and
- a guide groove provided in an other of the adjacent second nozzle members and configured to accommodate the guide protrusion so that the guide protrusion is slidable in a longitudinal direction of the barrel part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.