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US 12,379,069 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 assembly 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 directly coupled to one end of the barrel part;
- and
- a nozzle cover configured to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the barrel part relative to an outer circumferential surface of 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 configured to be selectively adjusted based on the movement of the nozzle cover relative to the nozzle body.
9 more elements
A pressure vessel comprising:
- 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,
- wherein at least one of the first or second nozzle members comprises:
- a nozzle body directly coupled to one end of the barrel part;
- and
- a nozzle cover configured to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the barrel part relative to an outer circumferential surface of 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 configured to be selectively adjusted based on the movement of the nozzle cover relative to the nozzle body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.