# US 8,740,008 B2 · Pressure vessel

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- Number: US 8,740,008 B2
- Document ID: US8740008B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/572,251
- Filed: 2012-08-10
- Published: 2013-02-28
- Granted: 2014-06-03
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-24
- Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Applicants: Yasuto Kataoka; Hiromitsu Hamaguchi
- Inventors: Yasuto Kataoka; Hiromitsu Hamaguchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740008B2

## CPC

- F16J 12/00: Pressure vessels in general (covers therefor F16J13/00; for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. B01J, F17C, G21C)
- F17C 1/02: involving reinforcing arrangements {(F17C1/14, F17C1/16 take precedence)}
- F17C 2201/0157: Polygonal
- F17C 2203/012: on or in the wall, e.g. ribs
- F17C 2223/0123: gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC
- F17C 2227/0337: by cooling
- F17C 2260/012: Reducing weight
- F17C 2260/017: by calculation
- F16J: PISTONS {(specially adapted for dampers F16F9/32)}; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F17C: VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25)

## Abstract

A pressure vessel having reduced weight while satisfying required design conditions has polygonal upper and bottom walls, a side wall provided therebetween, an upper curved surface portion for connecting the upper and side walls, and a lower curved surface portion for connecting the bottom and side walls. An upper wall center rib includes an upper wall center part, and upper wall annular ribs respectively connecting substantially center parts of the upper wall and surrounding the upper wall center rib. Ribs are formed substantially centrally in the upper curved surface portion. A bottom wall center rib includes a center part in the bottom wall. Bottom wall annular ribs are formed connecting the bottom wall and surrounding the bottom wall center rib. Lower curved surface portion ribs are formed substantially centrally in the lower curved surface portion, and main surface ribs are formed substantially centrally in the side wall.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pressure vessel, having:
a polygonal upper wall;
a polygonal bottom wall provided on the lower side of said upper wall;
a side wall provided between a peripheral edge of said upper wall and a peripheral edge of said bottom wall corresponding to the peripheral edge of said upper wall;
an upper curved surface portion for connecting the peripheral edge of said upper wall and an upper end of said side wall by curved surfaces convexed outward; and
a lower curved surface portion for connecting the peripheral edge of said bottom wall and a lower end of said side wall by curved surfaces convexed outward, the pressure vessel comprising:
an upper wall center rib formed so as to include an upper wall center part in center of said upper wall and extend in a specific direction;
upper wall annular ribs formed so as to respectively connect substantially center parts of adjacent sides of said upper wall and surround said upper wall center rib;
upper curved surface portion ribs formed in substantially center parts of sides of said upper curved surface portion and provided continuously to said upper wall center rib and said upper wall annular ribs;
a bottom wall center rib formed so as to include a bottom wall center part in center of said bottom wall and extend in a specific direction;
bottom wail annular ribs formed so as to respectively connect substantially center parts of adjacent sides of said bottom wall and surround said bottom wall center rib;
lower curved surface portion ribs formed in substantially center parts of sides of said lower curved surface portion and provided continuously to said bottom wall center rib and said bottom wall annular ribs; and
main surface ribs formed in substantially center parts of main surfaces of said side wall and provided continuously to said upper curved surface portion ribs and said lower curved surface portion ribs.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pressure vessel according to claim 1, wherein
said upper wall center rib has an upper wall center rib main body including said upper wall center part, an upper wall center rib continuous portion provided continuously to said upper curved surface portion rib, and an upper wall center rib thin portion formed between said upper wall center rib main body and said upper wall center rib continuous portion so as to be the thinnest in said upper wall center rib, and has a shape in which thickness thereof is gradually reduced from a center part of said upper wall center rib main body toward said upper wall center rib thin portion,
said upper wall annular rib has an upper wall annular rib main body, an upper wall annular rib continuous portion provided continuously to said upper curved surface portion rib, and an upper wall annular rib thin portion formed between said upper wall annular rib main body and said upper wall annular rib continuous portion so as to be the thinnest in said upper wall annular rib,
said bottom wall center rib has a bottom wall center rib main body including said bottom wall center part, a bottom wall center rib continuous portion provided continuously to said lower curved surface portion rib, and a bottom wall center rib thin portion formed between said bottom wall center rib main body and said bottom wall center rib continuous portion so as to be the thinnest in said bottom wall center rib, and has a shape in which thickness thereof is gradually reduced from a center part of said bottom wall center rib main body toward said bottom wall center rib thin portion, and
said bottom wall annular rib has a bottom wall annular rib main body, a bottom wall annular rib continuous portion provided continuously to said lower curved surface portion rib, and a bottom wall annular rib thin portion formed between said bottom wall annular rib main body and said bottom wall annular rib continuous portion so as to be the thinnest in said bottom wall annular rib.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The pressure vessel according to claim 2, wherein
an inner surface of said upper curved surface portion and an inner surface of said lower curved surface portion have the same curvature radius,
said upper wall center rib thin portion is positioned within a range of one half to twice more than the curvature radius from an inner surface of said side wall toward said upper wall center part when said upper wall is seen from the upper side, and
said bottom wall center rib thin portion is positioned within a range of one half to twice more than the curvature radius from the inner surface of said side wall toward said bottom wall center part when said bottom wall is seen from the lower side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The pressure vessel according to claim 2, wherein
said upper wall center rib thin portion and said upper wall annular rib thin portion are positioned in a part where a positive bending moment generated in said upper wall at the time of action of internal pressure and a negative bending moment generated in said upper curved surface portion are balanced, and
said bottom wall center rib thin portion and said bottom wall annular rib thin portion are positioned in a part where a positive bending moment generated in said bottom wall at the time of action of internal pressure and a negative bending moment generated in said lower curved surface portion are balanced.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The pressure vessel according to claim 1, wherein
said upper wall and said bottom wall are square.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The pressure vessel according to claim 3, wherein
said upper wall center rib thin portion and said upper wall annular rib thin portion are positioned in a part where a positive bending moment generated in said upper wall at the time of action of internal pressure and a negative bending moment generated in said upper curved surface portion are balanced, and
said bottom wall center rib thin portion and said bottom wall annular rib thin portion are positioned in a part where a positive bending moment generated in said bottom wall at the time of action of internal pressure and a negative bending moment generated in said lower curved surface portion are balanced.