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US 12,692,987 B2Granted
Pressure vessel assembly and motor vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDaniel Baer, Timo Gutmann
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Abstract
A pressure vessel assembly in which flat portions of longitudinal ends of the pressure vessels are held in parallel to securing rails, such that limited mobility of the longitudinal ends is made possible. A motor vehicle may comprise a pressure vessel assembly of this kind.
Claims21
A pressure vessel assembly for an underfloor space of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of pressure vessels,
- one or more fastening rails,
- a plurality of bearing shells, the bearing shells being fastened to the one or more fastening rails,
- and
- a plurality of centering elements,
- wherein one longitudinal end of one, some, or all pressure vessels has at least one flat planar portion and is held by a centering element in a bearing shell, the flat planar portion having an angle of 5° with respect to the fastening rail to which the bearing shell is fastened,
- wherein the centering element enables a limited relative movement of the longitudinal end of the pressure vessel relative to the fastening rail at least parallel to the fastening rail, and one, some, or all centering elements being configured from an elastic material, and,
- wherein a further flat planar portion which is parallel to the flat planar portion is configured at one, some, or each longitudinal end in an opposed manner with respect to the flat planar portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.