Composite pressure vessel

Abstract

A composite pressure vessel, for the containment of pressurized fluid, having at least two opposed wall regions, and a plurality of internal fibers fixedly attached to and extending between the at least two opposed wall regions, interiorly of the pressure vessel, so as to resist the force of the pressurized fluid tending to force the at least two opposed wall regions apart. The fibers are disposed between the at least two opposed wall regions, and comprise a single fiber threaded through and between apertures defined in the at least two opposed wall regions so as to lace together the at least two opposed wall regions; and the apertures are of rounded funnel shape with a narrow channel at a proximal end thereof leading into said pressure vessel and with an enlarged portion at an opposite, distal end thereof, said apertures being spaced from one another so as to form a convex, rounded cross-section over which said single fiber is placed when said single fiber is threaded from one aperture to an adjacent aperture.

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