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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2023
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Eric W Dean, Derby, GB;
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Abstract
An organic composite gas storage tankcomprises a hollow central portionwhich is substantially cylindrical and formed integrally with first and second end portions, and which defines a longitudinal tank axis. The first end portion comprises a hollow truncated conical region which meets the hollow central portion at a first end thereof. The hollow central portion comprises first and second hollow truncated conical portionsA,B, the external radius of a given hollow truncated conical portion decreasing in a direction towards a corresponding end portion. The tank comprises an organic composite fibre winding extending between first and second positions along the length of the tank which coincide with the first and second hollow truncated conical portions of the hollow central portion respectively, biassing these portions together and increasing the axial strength of the central portion.