US 11,898,703 B2
Large-scale vacuum insulated cryogenic storage
John Andrew Jacobson, Plainfield, IL (US); Steven Matthew Cihlar, St. Charles, IL (US); Yaming Li, Westmount, IL (US); Koray Kuscu, Naperville, IL (US); and Randy Lee Eberly, Plainfield, IL (US)
Assigned to CB&I STS Delaware LLC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by CB&I STS Delaware LLC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,760.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,604, filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0356994 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F17C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 13/001 (2013.01) [F17C 13/002 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0128 (2013.01); F17C 2201/052 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2209/221 (2013.01); F17C 2209/232 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2260/013 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plate for an outer vessel of a storage apparatus, comprising:
a body, the body having:
a central portion with a first thickness;
a beveled surface that extends from the central portion to an outer edge; and
the outer edge having a vertical surface connected to the beveled surface; and
a beveled joint that includes the vertical surface of the outer edge and a portion of the beveled surface, the beveled joint having a second thickness less than the first thickness at the central portion of the body, wherein the beveled joint is configured to be welded to a corresponding beveled joint of an adjacent plate.