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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Travis Huntington Marshall, West Hartford, CT (US);
Evan J. Butcher, Suffield, CT (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A pressure vessel includes a body defined by a cross-sectional shape along a plane transverse to a centerline. The cross-sectional shape includes an inner surface defining an interior void and a wall extending from the inner surface to an outer surface defining an exterior of the body. The inner surface includes an arcuate region and a gabled region. The gabled region forms a curved interior peak opposite a center of the arcuate region. The arcuate region and the gabled region together define a teardrop shape. The wall includes a curved segment along the arcuate region having a curved segment minimum thickness at a location opposite the interior peak, an apex aligned with the interior peak and having an apex thickness, and thickened regions adjacent intersections between gabled region and the arcuate region and having greater radial thickness than the curved segment minimum thickness.