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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Paul F. Croteau, Columbia, CT (US);
John P. Wesson, West Hartford, CT (US);
Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Bristol, CT (US);
Matthew E. Lynch, Canton, CT (US);
Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Ellen Y. Sun, South Windsor, CT (US);
Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Daniel V. Viens, Mansfield Center, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A pressure vessel configured to store a pressurized fluid is provided including a plurality of lobes. Each lobe includes at least one vertically arranged interior wall. The plurality of lobes are positioned in a side by side configuration such that a first interior wall of a first lobe is positioned adjacent a second interior wall of a second adjacent lobe. The first interior wall and the second interior wall are configured to contact one another at a first point of tangency. A first tangent intersects the first lobe at the first point of tangency and a second tangent intersects the second lobe at the first point of tangency. The first tangent and the second tangent are separated by about 120 degrees.