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US 2024/0102614 A1Published application
Liquid tank, rocket, and method of manufacturing liquid tank
AssigneesIHI Corporation, MJOLNIR SPACEWORKS Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshiki SAKAGUCHI, Masahiko YAMAZAKI, Shinichi MISHIMA, Thibault BAGNOL, Mitsunori ITOH, Tor VISCOR
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Abstract
Provided is a liquid tank, including: a cylindrical seamless tank body having both end portions being reduced in diameter toward respective end sides; and a plurality of annular baffles provided inside the tank body and arranged at intervals in an axial direction of the tank body, in which at least one of the plurality of baffles is held on an inner peripheral surface of the tank body.
Claims13
A liquid tank, comprising:
- a cylindrical seamless tank body having both end portions being reduced in diameter toward respective end sides;
- and
- a plurality of annular baffles provided inside the tank body and arranged at intervals in an axial direction of the tank body, in which at least one of the plurality of baffles is held on an inner peripheral surface of the tank body.
A method of manufacturing a liquid tank, comprising:
- installing a plurality of annular baffles inside a cylindrical blank pipe at intervals in an axial direction of the blank pipe;
- and
- after installing the plurality of baffles inside the blank pipe, reducing both end portions of the blank pipe in diameter toward respective end sides to form a seamless tank body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.