US 11,868,083 B2
Containers with gas vessel
Gabriel McDaniel, Boise, ID (US); Jeff Luke, Boise, ID (US); and Justin Pettingill, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/967,013
Filed by HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/029972
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/209340, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0048776 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G03G 21/18 (2006.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/181 (2013.01) [F17C 13/04 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0478 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0636 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising:
an impermeable container wall defining the boundaries of an inner volume of the container;
a container releasing valve installed in the container wall to release gas from the inner volume of the container to the outside of the container; and
a gas vessel installed in the inner volume of the container, wherein the gas vessel comprises:
a gas vessel wall defining the boundaries of an inner volume of the gas vessel, wherein the gas vessel wall is impermeable and allows for a pressure difference between the inner volume of the gas vessel and an outer volume of the gas vessel;
a pressurized vessel gas enclosed within the inner volume of the gas vessel; and
a gas vessel releasing system to release a certain quantity of the vessel gas to the inner volume of the container;
a vessel releasing valve to release the vessel gas to the outside of the gas vessel and to the inner volume of the container;
a container sensor in the container to measure a parameter of gas in the inner volume of the container; and
a controller coupled to the vessel releasing valve and the container sensor, the controller is to:
instruct the container sensor to measure the parameter of the gas in the inner volume of the container,
receive the measured parameter of the gas in the inner volume of the container,
determine whether the measured parameter meets a predetermined parameter threshold, and
instruct to release the certain quantity of the vessel gas to the inner volume of the container.