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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Hirokazu Otsubo, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/02 (2006.01); F17C 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 1/02 (2013.01); F17C 1/16 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/056 (2013.01); F17C 2201/058 (2013.01); F17C 2203/012 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2203/066 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0619 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0663 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0673 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0305 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0394 (2013.01); F17C 2209/2118 (2013.01); F17C 2209/234 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2223/036 (2013.01); F17C 2260/011 (2013.01); F17C 2260/037 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0168 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0184 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tank comprises: a liner having a cylindrical trunk portion and a hemispherical dome portion provided at both ends of the trunk portion in a central axis direction; a fiber-reinforced resin layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the liner; and a metallic reinforcement member formed integrally with the liner. The reinforcement member is arranged in the dome portion at least at a shoulder portion near a boundary between the dome portion and the trunk portion and is not arranged at least at part of the trunk portion.