Tank
AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.
InventorsDaisuke Nagamatsu, Naoya Ouchiyama, Akihiko Matsui
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Abstract
A tank includes a liner including an inner shell; and a reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the liner; wherein the reinforcing layer is formed by continuously winding resin-impregnated fiber bundles around the liner, the reinforcing layer includes a hoop layer placed in a side of the liner, and a helical layer, gaps are formed between adjacent bundles of the resin-impregnated fiber bundles wound in the hoop layer, there is at least one site where the resin-impregnated fiber bundles are wound without forming a gap between adjacent bundles in the helical layer, and resin in the resin-impregnated fiber bundles has a resin toughness value of not less than 1.0 MPa·m0.5.
Claims8
A tank comprising:
- a liner comprising an inner shell;
- and
- a reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the liner;
- wherein
- the reinforcing layer is formed by continuously winding resin-impregnated fiber bundles around the liner,
- the reinforcing layer comprises a hoop layer placed in a side of the liner, and a helical layer,
- gaps are formed between adjacent bundles of the resin-impregnated fiber bundles wound in the hoop layer,
- there is at least one site where the resin-impregnated fiber bundles are wound without forming a gap between adjacent bundles in the helical layer, and
- resin in the resin-impregnated fiber bundles has a resin toughness value of not less than 1.0 MPa·m0.5, wherein a ratio of a total of areas exposed from the gaps formed between adjacent bundles of the resin-impregnated fiber bundles wound in the hoop layer, to a barrel surface area of the liner is more than 0% and less than 50%.
A tank comprising:
- a liner comprising an inner shell;
- and
- a reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the liner;
- wherein
- the reinforcing layer is formed by continuously winding resin-impregnated fiber bundles around the liner,
- the reinforcing layer comprises a hoop layer placed in a side of the liner, and a helical layer,
- gaps are formed between adjacent bundles of the resin-impregnated fiber bundles wound in the hoop layer,
- there is at least one site where the resin-impregnated fiber bundles are wound without forming a gap between adjacent bundles in the helical layer, and
- resin in the resin-impregnated fiber bundles has a resin toughness value of not less than 1.0 MPa·m0.5, that satisfies:
- 0≤Lmin/W<0.5 and 0.01<Lmax/W<0.5
- wherein Lmin represents a minimum value (mm) of the gaps, Lmax represents a maximum value (mm) of the gaps, and W represents an average width (mm) of the resin-impregnated fiber bundles adjacent to the gaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.