Tank for the high-pressure storage of a fuel on a vehicle
AssigneeConception et Developpement Michelin S.A.
InventorsDaniel Laurent, David Olsommer, Daniel Walser
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Abstract
The structural platform (11) of the vehicle comprises two tanks (T1) and (T2) for the storage on a vehicle of fluids under pressure. Each tank comprises at least one network of cells (2) connected to one another via orifices (3), the orifices being conformed so that the flow of fluid caused by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle exhibits only pressure drops which do not affect the use, and being conformed so that, in the event of rupture of one or more cells (2), the leakage flow causes sufficiently large pressure drops to limit the flow thereof.
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Structural platform for a motor vehicle, the structural platform comprising a tank for the storage on the vehicle of a fluid under pressure, the tank comprising at least one network of containers integrally formed in the structural platform and connected together via interconnections, the interconnections being conformed so that the flow of fluid caused by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle exhibits only pressure drops not affecting the use, and being conformed so that, in the event of rupture of one or more containers, the leakage flow causes sufficiently high pressure drops to limit the flow rate thereof, wherein the structural platform forms a load-bearing component of the vehicle, and wherein each of inner ones of the containers is adjacent to at least six other containers.
Structural platform for a motor vehicle, the structural platform comprising a tank for the storage on the vehicle of a fluid under pressure, the tank comprising at least one network of containers connected together via interconnections, the interconnections being conformed so that the flow of fluid caused by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle exhibits only pressure drops not affecting the use, and being conformed so that, in the event of rupture of one or more containers, the leakage flow causes sufficiently high pressure drops to limit the flow rate thereof, wherein at least one network of at least a hundred and no more than a hundred thousand containers are connected together via interconnections.
Structural platform for a motor vehicle, the structural platform comprising a tank for the storage on the vehicle of a fluid under pressure, the tank comprising at least one network of containers integrally formed in the structural platform and connected together via interconnections, the interconnections being conformed so that the flow of fluid caused by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle exhibits only pressure drops not affecting the use, and being conformed so that, in the event of rupture of one or more containers, the leakage flow causes sufficiently high pressure drops to limit the flow rate thereof, wherein the structural platform forms a load-bearing component of the vehicle, wherein the structural platform integrates a second independent tank for storing another different fluid, and the second tank comprises at least one network of containers connected together via interconnections, the interconnections being conformed so that the flow of fluid caused by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle exhibits only pressure drops not affecting the use, and being conformed so that, in the event of rupture of one or more containers, the leakage flow causes sufficiently high pressure drops to limit the flow rate thereof.
Structural platform for a motor vehicle, forming a tank for the storage on the vehicle of a fluid under pressure, the tank comprising at least one network of containers connected together via interconnections, the interconnections being conformed so that the flow of fluid caused by the consumption of fluid necessary for the use of the vehicle exhibits only pressure drops not affecting the use, and being conformed so that, in the event of rupture of one or more containers, the leakage flow causes sufficiently high pressure drops to limit the flow rate thereof, the structural platform comprising a base which comprises as many recesses as there are containers, the base having a flattened shape having a first face and an opposite face substantially parallel to the first face, the recesses all extending from the first face to the opposite face and all opening out at the first face and not opening out at the opposite face, each recess being closed by a cover sealingly fixed so as to form a container, orifices being provided in the base in order to put the recesses in communication.
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