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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2016
Applicants:

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;

Tokyo Boeki Engineering Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shuntaro Unno, Kobe, JP;

Tomonori Takase, Kakogawa, JP;

Tomoaki Umemura, Kobe, JP;

Akihiko Inomata, Kobe, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 27/25 (2006.01); B63B 27/34 (2006.01); F16L 59/065 (2006.01); F17C 5/04 (2006.01); B67D 9/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 27/25 (2013.01); B63B 27/34 (2013.01); B67D 9/00 (2013.01); F16L 59/065 (2013.01); F17C 5/04 (2013.01); B63B 2734/00 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2260/02 (2013.01); F17C 2265/06 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0105 (2013.01); Y02E 60/321 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquefied hydrogen loading arm configured to transport liquefied hydrogen includes: a support frame structure including a base riser erected on a ground, an inboard boom, an outboard boom, and a counterweight; a flexible vacuum insulation double tube including a flexible metal inner tube, a flexible metal outer tube fitted on the inner tube, and a vacuum layer, the vacuum insulation double tube being disposed in an upward curved shape in a space below the support frame structure; a vacuum insulation double connecting tube connected to a distal end portion of the vacuum insulation double tube and connected to a distal end portion of the outboard boom; and a midway portion support mechanism configured to support a lengthwise midway portion of the vacuum insulation double tube on the support frame structure through a hard curved member curved upward in a convex shape.


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