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US 9,777,888 B2Granted
Port/liner assembly method 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.
Claims20
A method comprising;
- molding polymeric material to form 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 is embedded within the polymeric liner and surrounding the port aperture;
- disposing a metallic port element on the outer surface of the polymeric liner and registered with the port aperture;
- fixing the metallic port element to the rigid ring element;
- and
- applying a fiber composite material about the outer surface of the polymeric liner to form a composite overwrapped pressure vessel.
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A method comprising;
- molding polymeric material to form a seamless 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;
- embedding a rigid ring element within the seamless polymeric liner during the molding step, the rigid ring element surrounding the port aperture;
- disposing a metallic port element on the outer surface of the seamless polymeric liner and registered with the port aperture;
- fixing the metallic port element to the rigid ring element;
- and
- applying a fiber composite material to the outer surface of the polymeric liner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.