US 11,746,955 B2
Support system for inner and outer tank connection unit of cryogenic fluid storage tank, and cryogenic fluid storage tank using same
Do Hyung Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Stepien Piotr, Osan-si (KR); Soo Yong Song, Wonju-si (KR); Dong Yeong Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Dong Hee Hong, Seongnam-si (KR); Seo Young Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Hyun Suk Kim, Sejong (KR); Hyun Sung Kim, Daejeon (KR); and Byoung Jae Park, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to HYLIUM INDUSTRIES, INC., Seongnam-si (KR); and KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, Busan (KR)
Filed by HYLIUM INDUSTRIES, INC., Seongnam-si (KR); and KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, Busan (KR)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,610.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0163796 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0015915 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160526 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. F17C 1/08 (2006.01); F17C 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 1/08 (2013.01) [F17C 1/12 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2203/013 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0629 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2260/033 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A cryogenic fluid storage tank comprising:
an inner tank in which a cryogenic fluid is stored;
an outer tank formed to surround the inner tank with a predetermined interval;
at least one connection unit connecting the inner tank and the outer tank with each other; and
a support system disposed on the connection unit,
wherein the support system comprises:
an inner support formed to surround a part of the connection unit;
a head coupled to the inner circumferential surface of a first end portion of the inner support, and formed to come in contact with an end portion of the connection unit when the connection unit is coupled to the inner support; and
an outer support formed to surround the inner support and having a first end portion connected to a second end portion of the inner support,
wherein a second end portion of the outer support comes in contact with the inner tank or the outer tank.