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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2010
Valentin Schultheis, Darmstadt, DE;
Thorsten Schutz, Selzen, DE;
Helmut Schuermann, Maxdorf, DE;
Wolfgang Bleser, Darmstadt, DE;
Valentin Schultheis, Darmstadt, DE;
Thorsten Schutz, Selzen, DE;
Helmut Schuermann, Maxdorf, DE;
Wolfgang Bleser, Darmstadt, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A storage system for a vehicle is disclosed. The storage system includes a pressure vessel, a plurality of mounting systems disposed on each end of the pressure vessel, each mounting system having a vessel shell having an end coupled to the end of the pressure vessel, a mounting shell having a first end coupled to the vehicle and a second end coupled to another end of the vessel shell, and an impact element formed in one of the vessel shell and the mounting shell having a yield strength less than a yield strength of the vessel shell and the mounting shell, a clamping element for coupling the vessel shell to the pressure vessel, and a coupling means for coupling the vessel shell and the mounting shell together through the impact element.