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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Steelhead Composites, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Kaushik Mallick, Thornton, CO (US);
Michael W. Stewart, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Annalisa Padget-Shields, Englewood, CO (US);
Jacob Schrader, Westminster, CO (US);
John Cronin, Lakewood, CO (US);
Andrew Coors, Houston, TX (US);
STEELHEAD COMPOSITES, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a lightweight high pressure vessels that are made from a liner or a liner housing that is overwrapped with a composite material. Unlike conventional high pressure vessels, the lightweight high pressure vessel of the invention includes a liner that comprises a plurality of liner sections without using welding or crimping. In particular, the lightweight high pressure vessels of the invention include a plurality of elements that are combined to form a liner housing and a composite overwrap that provides structural and mechanical strength to maintain integrity of the high pressure vessel. In one particular embodiment, the high pressure vessel of the invention is a diaphragm accumulator.