Cryogenic container for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing an outer container of the cryogenic container
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSe Kwon Jung, Jun Sung Ahn, Sang Moo Han
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Abstract
A cryogenic container for a vehicle for storing a fluid includes an inner container having an inner space for storing the fluid, an outer container disposed to surround the inner container and having a heat insulation space configured to suppress heat transfer to the inner container, the heat insulation space being formed between the inner container and the outer container, and a reinforcement part configured to support the outer container in the heat insulation space to reinforce the outer container.
Claims13
A cryogenic container for a vehicle for storing a fluid, the cryogenic container comprising:
- an inner container forming an inner space for storing the fluid;
- an outer container disposed to surround the inner container and forming a heat insulation space with the inner container, wherein the heat insulation space is configured to suppress heat transfer to the inner container, and the heat insulation space is formed between the inner container and the outer container;
- and
- a reinforcement part configured to support the outer container in the heat insulation space to reinforce the outer container,
- wherein the reinforcement part includes a reinforcement body having an annular cross section corresponding to an inner circumferential surface of the outer container and disposed in the heat insulation space to be in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the outer container, and
- wherein the reinforcement body includes:
- a support member having an annular cross section and inscribed on the inner circumferential surface of the outer container to support the inner circumferential surface of the outer container, and
- a plurality of body units each having a plurality of leg members extending from the support member in a direction corresponding to a direction of a central axis of the support member and arranged spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the support member.
A method of manufacturing an outer container of a cryogenic container for a vehicle for manufacturing an outer container disposed to surround an inner container storing a fluid, the method comprising:
- preparing a cylinder portion having an opening at at least one end;
- inserting a reinforcement part configured to reinforce the cylinder portion into an inner space of the cylinder portion through the opening;
- and
- coupling a head portion configured to cover the opening to one end of the cylinder portion,
- wherein the reinforcement part is disposed in the inner space of the cylinder portion while in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder portion,
- wherein the reinforcement part includes a support member having an annular cross section and configured to support the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder portion, and a plurality of body units each having a plurality of leg members extending from the support member in a direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of the cylinder portion and arranged spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the support member, and
- wherein inserting the reinforcement part includes sequentially inserting the body units into the inner space of the cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.