Pressure vessel configured to store fluid
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsOsamu Sawai, Youjirou Iriyama
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Abstract
A pressure vessel configured to store fluid is provided. The pressure vessel includes a liner for the pressure vessel. The liner includes a plurality of body portions and a plurality of connection portions. Each of the body portions is in the form of an elongated tubular body. Each of the connection portions connects two adjacent ones of the body portions in series, and is configured to be bent to fold the body portions. The connection portions include at least one low-elastic-modulus connection portion that is separate from the adjacent body portions and that has a lower elastic modulus than the adjacent body portions.
Claims5
A pressure vessel configured to store fluid, the pressure vessel comprising a liner for the pressure vessel, wherein:
- the liner includes a plurality of body portions and a plurality of connection portions, each of the body portions being in a form of an elongated tubular body, and each of the connection portions connecting two adjacent body portions out of the body portions in series and being configured to be bent to fold the body portions;
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- the connection portions include at least one low-elastic-modulus connection portion that is separate from the adjacent body portions and that has a lower elastic modulus than the adjacent body portions.
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