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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Klaus Szoucsek, Munich, DE;
Salvador Aceves, Livermore, CA (US);
John Elmer, Danville, CA (US);
Francisco Espinosa-Loza, Livermore, CA (US);
Guillaume Petitpas, Livermore, CA (US);
James Smith, Livermore, CA (US);
Michael Veenstra, Dearborn, MI (US);
Klaus Szoucsek, Munich, DE;
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a cryogenic pressure vessel. The method may include providing a metal lined, composite wrapped vessel which has a boss. The method may further include securing an inlet to the boss, and then encapsulating the metal lined, composite wrapped vessel within a metallic layer in a vacuum controlled environment to form an encapsulated inner tank subassembly. The method may further include securing at least one support to an exterior of the encapsulated inner tank subassembly, and within the controlled vacuum environment, applying a metal coating over the encapsulated inner tank subassembly and the at least one support to form a metal coated, encapsulated inner tank subassembly. The method may further include, within the controlled vacuum environment, encapsulating the metal coated, encapsulated inner tank subassembly within a metallic vacuum jacket, which forms the cryogenic pressure vessel.