Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Daimler Chrysler Ag

Helmut Schuermann

Valentin Schultheis

Thorsten Schutz

Wolfgang Bleser

Dietmar Mueller

Andreas Bleier

Dirk Dullenkopf

Wolfgang Kornprobst

Patrick Tichelmann

A storage system for a vehicle is disclosed. The storage system includes a pressure vessel, a plurality of mounting systems disposed on each end of the pressure vessel, each mounting system having a vessel shell having an end coupled to the end of the pressure vessel, a mounting shell having a first end coupled to the vehicle and a second end coupled to another end of the vessel shell, and an impact element formed in one of the vessel shell and the mounting shell having a yield strength less than a yield strength of the vessel shell and the mounting shell, a clamping element for coupling the vessel shell to the pressure vessel, and a coupling means for coupling the vessel shell and the mounting shell together through the impact element.

Impact elements for a mounting system for a pressure vessel

A fuel vessel assembly for a fuel cell-powered vehicle and a method of increasing the structural rigidity of a fuel cell-powered vehicle. A vessel for storage of hydrogen or related fuel cell-compatible fuel is rigidly attachable to a vehicular frame or related load-bearing structure through one or more shells that extend from the vessel. Loads imparted to one or more of the shell, vessel frame are transmitted between them through the connection between the assembly and the frame such that a load-bearing capability inherent in the frame is enhanced by the assembly.

Integrated pressure vessels for vehicular applications

A torque transmission device includes a shaft, particularly a drive shaft for a drive train of a vehicle, and at least one coupling element which is connected with an end of the shaft. The shaft and the at least one coupling element each consists completely or at least partly of a fiber-reinforced plastic material.

Torque transmission device

A flexible skin-rib structure consists of fiber composite material for use in flow profiles with variable camber, especially airfoils or their components, in which a suction-side skin is connected with suction-side rib sections and a pressure-side skin is connected with pressure-side rib sections, with the respective suction-side and pressure-side rib sections being connected together by joints.

Skin-rib structure

Growing community of inventors

Maxdorf, Germany

Helmut Schuermann