Pressure vessel
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorChan Jin Kim
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Abstract
A pressure vessel includes: a nozzle coupled to a valve; a liner including a cylinder part, dome parts, and skirt parts formed between the cylinder part and the dome parts; and a composite material layer being wound around an outer circumference of the liner. The valve includes: a first area formed on an outer surface of the valve. The first area is coupled to an inner surface of the liner and having a stepped surface; and a second area formed on the outer surface of the valve and extending upward from the stepped surface. The nozzle includes a third area formed on an inner surface of the nozzle. The third area is in contact with the second area of the valve, and the liner includes a fourth area formed on the inner surface of the liner. The fourth area includes a stepped surface in contact with the first area.
Claims11
A pressure vessel comprising:
- a nozzle configured to be coupled to a valve;
- a liner formed on an inner peripheral surface of the nozzle and including:
- a cylinder part,
- dome parts formed at opposite ends of the cylinder part, and
- skirt parts formed between the cylinder part and the dome parts;
- and
- a composite material layer including a hoop layer and a helical layer, the hoop layer and the helical layer being wound around an outer circumference of the liner,
- wherein the valve includes:
- a first area formed on an outer peripheral surface of the valve, wherein the first area is coupled to an inner peripheral surface of the liner and includes a stepped surface, and
- a second area formed on the outer peripheral surface of the valve and extending upward from the stepped surface along a lengthwise direction of the valve,
- wherein the nozzle includes a third area formed on an inner peripheral surface of the nozzle, wherein the third area is in contact with the second area of the valve,
- wherein the liner includes a fourth area formed on the inner peripheral surface of the liner, wherein the fourth area includes a stepped surface in contact with the first area of the valve, and
- wherein a first seal part is provided between the stepped surface of the first area of the valve and the stepped surface of the fourth area of the liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.