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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Naoyuki Takahashi, Toyoaki, JP;
Yuichi Watanabe, Kasukabe, JP;
Hideki Kikuchi, Matsudo, JP;
Takayuki Kawano, Kasukabe, JP;
Naoyuki Takahashi, Toyoaki, JP;
Yuichi Watanabe, Kasukabe, JP;
Hideki Kikuchi, Matsudo, JP;
Takayuki Kawano, Kasukabe, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Somar Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, a gas tank having a gas-barrier inner shell and an outer shell that is formed so as to cover the inner shell and is made of a pressure-resistant FRP, such outer shell comprising reinforcing fiber bundles (A), a thermosetting resin (B), and an elastomer particles and/or thermoplastic resin particles (C), provided that elastomer particles and/or thermoplastic resin particles (C) that have been dispersed in a thermosetting resin (B) exist in reinforcing fiber bundles (A), is provided. Such gas tank is excellent in strength and heat resistance and has suppressed gas permeability.