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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:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2016
Applicant:

Hexagon Technology As, Alesund, NO;

Inventor:

Norman L. Newhouse, Lincoln, NE (US);

Assignee:

Hexagon Technology AS, Alesund, NO;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/04 (2006.01); F17C 1/08 (2006.01); F17C 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/04 (2013.01); F17C 1/08 (2013.01); F17C 1/16 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0166 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0171 (2013.01); F17C 2203/012 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0643 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0646 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0648 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0134 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus comprises a plurality of substantially cylindrical pressure vessel structures. Each cylindrical pressure vessel structure has first and second opposite ends. A first cap is positioned at the first ends of the plurality of cylindrical pressure vessel structures. The first cap includes a first dome-shaped protrusion that corresponds to each of the first ends. A first saddle is defined between adjacent first dome-shaped protrusions. A second cap is positioned at the second ends of the plurality of cylindrical pressure vessel structures. The second cap includes a second dome-shaped protrusion that corresponds to each of the second ends. A second saddle is defined between adjacent second dome-shaped protrusions. A reinforcement structure extends around the first and second caps, and is disposed within one of the first saddles and one of the second saddles.


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