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US 2016/0355330 A1Published application
Tank Made of a Composite Material
OwnerGlen Aylwardinventor
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Abstract
A tank including a single tank body made as a single piece of a composite material using a closed molding process with a first portion of the tank body having an outside surface corresponding to a first molding surface of a first mold and a second portion of the tank body having an outside surface corresponding to a second molding surface of a second mold. The tank body has an opening disposed therein with the opening being substantially smaller than the tank body. The tank further includes a fitting member mounted to a portion of the tank body surrounding the opening.
Claims7
A tank comprising:
- a single tank body made as a single piece of a composite material using a closed molding process with a first portion of the tank body having an outside surface corresponding to a first molding surface of a first mold and a second portion of the tank body having an outside surface corresponding to a second molding surface of a second mold, the tank body having an opening disposed therein with the opening being substantially smaller than the tank body;
- and,
- a fitting member mounted to a portion of the tank body surrounding the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.