Automotive fire suppression system with dynamic reservoir seal
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorRobert Thompson
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Abstract
An onboard fire suppression system for an automotive vehicle has a composite reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent. The reservoir includes a pressure vessel having a fiber-reinforced wall and a dynamic sealing liner positioned within said pressure vessel. The sealing liner is sufficiently deformable in response to fluid pressure produced by a propellant within said reservoir such that a portion of said sealing liner will be extruded into sealing engagement with the reservoir wall in the event that a pressure-formed discontinuity opens in the wall.
Claims16
An onboard fire suppression system for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a propellant for expelling a fire suppressant agent from a reservoir;
- a distribution system for receiving fire suppressant agent expelled by means of said propellant from a reservoir, and for distributing the suppressant agent;
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- at least one composite reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent, with said reservoir being operatively connected with said distribution system and with said propellant, said reservoir comprising:
- a pressure vessel having an outer wall;
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- a dynamic sealing liner positioned within said pressure vessel, with said sealing liner being sufficiently deformable in response to fluid pressure produced by said propellant within said reservoir such that a portion of said sealing liner will be extruded into sealing engagement with said wall in the event that a pressure-formed discontinuity opens in said outer wall.
An onboard fire suppression system for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a propellant for expelling a fire suppressant agent from a reservoir;
- a distribution system for receiving fire suppressant agent expelled by means of said propellant from a reservoir, and for distributing the suppressant agent;
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- at least one composite reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent, with said reservoir being operatively connected with said distribution system and with said propellant, said reservoir comprising:
- a fiber-reinforced pressure vessel;
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- a plastic, dynamic sealing liner positioned within said pressure vessel, with said sealing liner being sufficiently extrudable in response to fluid pressure produced by said propellant within said reservoir such that a portion of said sealing liner will be forced into sealing engagement with said wall in the event that a pressure-formed discontinuity opens in said wall.
An onboard fire suppression system for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a propellant for expelling a fire suppressant agent from a reservoir;
- a distribution system for receiving fire suppressant agent expelled by means of said propellant from a reservoir, and for distributing the suppressant agent;
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- at least one composite reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent, with said reservoir being operatively connected with said distribution system and with said propellant, said reservoir comprising:
- a fiber-reinforced pressure vessel;
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- a metallic, dynamic sealing liner positioned within said pressure vessel, with said sealing liner being sufficiently extrudable in response to fluid pressure produced by said propellant within said reservoir such that a portion of said sealing liner will be forced into sealing engagement with said wall in the event that a pressure-formed discontinuity opens in said wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.