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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raja Mohan, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Edo Corporation/Fiber Science Division, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220-3 ; 220 71 ; 220 83 ; 220414 ;
Abstract
A high pressure vessel construction in the form of an elongate tank includes a plurality of layers of resin impregnated graphite fibers and a plurality of layers of a hybrid of resin impregnated glass and polymer fibers, with the glass and polymer fiber layers alternating with the graphite fiber layers. The outermost layers are hoop wound and the innermost layers are helically wound. A layer of elastomer material is joined to the interior surface of the innermost layer of fibers, and a layer of stiff composite material is joined to the interior surface of the elastomer layer.