High-pressure hydrogen container
AssigneeJfe Steel Corporation
InventorsToshio Takano, Hiroshi Okano, Kotaro Kadota, Shusaku Takagi, Kazuki Matsubara
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Abstract
A high-pressure hydrogen container is provided that has a simple configuration, requiring less labor for manufacture, achieving reduced manufacturing costs, and ensuring pressure resistance. The high-pressure hydrogen container includes a metal cylinder configured to store high-pressure hydrogen, a pair of lid parts configured to cover both end portions of the metal cylinder, and a plurality of fastening parts configured to fix the pair of lid parts in a state where the metal cylinder is clamped between the pair of lid parts.
Claims19
A high-pressure hydrogen container comprising:
- a metal cylinder configured to store high-pressure hydrogen;
- a pair of lid parts configured to cover both end portions of the metal cylinder;
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- a plurality of fastening parts configured to fix the pair of lid parts in a state where the metal cylinder is clamped between the pair of lid parts,
- a bolt being used for each of the plurality of fastening parts,
- each of the pair of lid parts having a plurality of through holes through which the plurality of fastening parts are inserted,
- the plurality of fastening parts being each inserted into corresponding ones of the plurality of through holes that are opened in each of the pair of lid parts, the plurality of fastening parts being arranged such that a longitudinal direction of each of the plurality of fastening parts is parallel to a center axis of the metal cylinder,
- the plurality of fastening parts being separately arranged around an outer periphery of the metal cylinder and surrounding the outer periphery of the metal cylinder, the plurality of fastening parts being separately arranged on a single circumference at regular intervals,
- the metal cylinder and the plurality of fastening parts, which surround the outer periphery of the metal cylinder, forming concentric circles about a center axis of the metal cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.