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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Fts Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Ryuta Aoe, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinori Miyazaki, Nagoya, JP;
Katsuya Manabe, Toyokawa, JP;
Masayoshi Takami, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masayoshi Taki, Konan, JP;
Ken Hatta, Okazaki, JP;
FTS CO., LTD., Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A mouthpiece structure for a pressure vessel includes a liner constituting a vessel body and a cylindrical part, a cylindrical mouthpiece mounted closely to an inner periphery of the cylindrical part, a housing part having a housing recess formed by recessing at least one of the inner periphery of cylindrical part and an outer periphery of mouthpiece, a sealing member housed in the housing recess while adhering closely to the inner periphery of cylindrical part and the outer periphery of mouthpiece, the sealing member defining a sealed space facing an interface between the inner periphery of the cylindrical part and the outer periphery of the mouthpiece in the housing recess, and a retainer located opposite the sealed space with the sealing member being interposed between them and preventing the sealing member from being displaced in a direction such that the sealing member increases a capacity of the sealed space.