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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Gerd Arnold, Nauheim, DE;
Ulrich Eberle, Mainz, DE;
Gerd Arnold, Nauheim, DE;
Ulrich Eberle, Mainz, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A flexible, high pressure, tubular storage vessel for storing and dispensing a compressed gas. The vessel has a gas impermeable inner core member comprising a flexible material and defining an inner diameter of a fluid-carrying channel adapted to store the compressed gas. A flexible reinforcing material is circumferentially disposed about the inner core member. The flexible reinforcing material is surrounded by an air-tight gas barrier wrapping defining an outer diameter. The vessel is configured to be coiled or shaped having a plurality of bends. The bend areas may have a variable inner diameter and are preferably provided with additional reinforcing material.