US 11,725,779 B2
Manufacture of a conformable pressure vessel
Wenping Zhao, Glastonbury, CT (US); and Ellen Y. Sun, South Windsor, CT (US)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/949,276.
Application 16/949,276 is a division of application No. 15/706,117, filed on Sep. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,816,138, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0041064 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. F17C 1/08 (2006.01); B29C 69/00 (2006.01); B29D 22/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/42 (2006.01); B29C 70/10 (2006.01); F17C 1/16 (2006.01); B23K 20/22 (2006.01); F17C 1/14 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/12 (2006.01); B23K 103/16 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 1/08 (2013.01) [B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 20/129 (2013.01); B23K 20/22 (2013.01); B29C 69/007 (2013.01); B29C 70/10 (2013.01); B29C 70/42 (2013.01); B29D 22/00 (2013.01); F17C 1/14 (2013.01); F17C 1/16 (2013.01); B23K 2101/12 (2018.08); B23K 2103/00 (2018.08); B23K 2103/16 (2018.08); B23K 2103/42 (2018.08); B29L 2031/7172 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0147 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2203/066 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0619 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0624 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0636 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0673 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0302 (2013.01); F17C 2209/2118 (2013.01); F17C 2209/2127 (2013.01); F17C 2209/2145 (2013.01); F17C 2209/232 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2260/018 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a high-pressure fluid vessel, the method comprising:
forming a plurality of liners with a molding process;
wrapping a first composite material around each of the liners to form a plurality of compartments;
forming an aperture in each of the plurality of compartments;
positioning the plurality of compartments adjacent to one another to form a stack of capsules, wherein each capsule includes a first domed end, a second domed end, and a semicylindrical portion extending between and connecting the first domed end to the second domed end; and
wrapping a second composite material around the plurality of compartments to form the high-pressure fluid vessel.