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US 2019/0195428 A1Published application
Tank
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirokazu OTSUBO
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Abstract
A tank comprises: a liner having a cylindrical trunk portion and a hemispherical dome portion provided at both ends of the trunk portion in a central axis direction; a fiber-reinforced resin layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the liner; and a metallic reinforcement member formed integrally with the liner. The reinforcement member is arranged in the dome portion at least at a shoulder portion near a boundary between the dome portion and the trunk portion and is not arranged at least at part of the trunk portion.
Claims11
A tank, comprising:
- a liner having a cylindrical trunk portion and a hemispherical dome portion provided at both ends of the trunk portion in a central axis direction;
- a fiber-reinforced resin layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the liner;
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- a metallic reinforcement member formed integrally with the liner, wherein
- the reinforcement member is arranged in the dome portion at least at a shoulder portion near a boundary between the dome portion and the trunk portion and is not arranged at least at part of the trunk portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.