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US 8,507,060 B2Granted
Pressure vessel
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKiyoshi Handa
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Abstract
A pressure vessel includes a liner, a reinforcing layer, and a protective layer. An inside of the liner forms a reserving chamber. The reinforcing layer is made of fiber reinforced plastic and is provided on an outer surface of the liner. A protective layer is provided on an outer surface of the reinforcing layer and includes fiber materials and a thermally foamed material. The thermally foamed material is interposed between the fiber materials.
Claims8
A pressure vessel comprising:
- a liner an inside of which forms a reserving chamber;
- a reinforcing layer made of fiber reinforced plastic and provided on an outer surface of the liner;
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- a protective layer provided on an outer surface of the reinforcing layer, the protecting layer comprising:
- fiber materials impregnated by a thermally foamed material interposed between the fiber materials,
- wherein the impregnated fiber materials are wound along the outer surface of the reinforcing layer in a circumferential direction of the liner, and
- wherein the protective layer includes a heat insulation layer having bubbles and no fiber materials provided at an outer surface portion of the protective layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.