Fluid storage tank
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsArianna T. Morales, Mei Cai, Anne M. Dailly, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid
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Abstract
A fluid storage tank includes a plurality of tank sub-units disposed in an array. Each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units has an aperture defined in at least one wall overlapping with another aperture defined in at least one adjacent tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units. Each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units is in fluid communication with a single outlet port for selectively extracting a stored fluid from the tank. Each of the plurality of tank sub-units is in fluid communication with a single fluid fill port.
Claims16
A fluid storage tank, comprising:
- a plurality of tank sub-units disposed in an array wherein:
- each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units is a primary parallelohedron;
- each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units has substantially the same shape and exterior size;
- the array of tank sub-units is tessellated into a three-dimensional volume;
- each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units has an aperture defined in at least one wall overlapping with an other aperture defined in at least one adjacent tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units;
- each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units is in fluid communication with a single outlet port for selectively extracting the fluid from the tank;
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- each tank sub-unit of the plurality of tank sub-units is in fluid communication with a single fluid fill port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.