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US 9,046,220 B2Granted
Port/liner assembly for pressure vessel
AssigneeHypercomp Engineering, Inc.
InventorsJames Patterson, Jared Noorda
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Abstract
A pressure vessel includes a polymeric liner defining a fluid containment cavity and having an opening defining a port aperture extending between an inner surface and an outer surface of the polymeric liner and a rigid ring element is embedded within the polymeric liner and surrounding the port aperture. A metallic port element is disposed on the outer surface of the polymeric liner and fixed to the rigid ring element. A fiber composite material is disposed about the outer surface of the polymeric liner.
Claims21
A pressure vessel, comprising:
- a polymeric liner defining a fluid containment cavity and having an opening defining a port aperture extending between an inner surface and an outer surface of the polymeric liner;
- a rigid ring element completely embedded within the polymeric liner and surrounding the port aperture;
- a metallic port element disposed on the outer surface of the polymeric liner and removably fixed to the rigid ring element;
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- a fiber composite material disposed about the outer surface of the polymeric liner.
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A pressure vessel, comprising:
- a polymeric liner defining a fluid containment cavity and having an opening defining a port aperture extending between an inner surface and an outer surface of the polymeric liner;
- a rigid ring element embedded within the polymeric liner and surrounding the port aperture and the rigid ring element is covered on all sides by the polymeric liner;
- a metallic port element disposed on the outer surface of the polymeric liner and removably fixed to the rigid ring element by a fastener extending from the rigid ring element and through the polymeric liner;
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- a fiber composite material disposed about the outer surface of the polymeric liner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.