US 12,338,949 B2
Hydrogen storage device
Ji Hye Park, Seoul (KR); Won Jung Kim, Seoul (KR); Kyung Moon Lee, Uiwang-si (KR); Dong Hoon Nam, Suwon-si (KR); Young Jin Cho, Gimhae-si (KR); Byeong Soo Shin, Uiwang-si (KR); Ji Hoon Lee, Uiwang-si (KR); Suk Hoon Hong, Seoul (KR); Hoon Mo Park, Seongnam-si (KR); and Yong Doo Son, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,914.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0129870 (KR), filed on Oct. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0117930 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. F17C 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 1/00 (2013.01) [F17C 2203/0636 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0138 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hydrogen storage device comprising:
a storage container having an accommodation space in an interior thereof;
a first metal hydride material provided in the interior of the storage container and configured to store hydrogen; and
a second metal hydride material provided in the interior of the storage container and configured to store hydrogen at a pressure that is different from that of the first metal hydride material,
wherein the first metal hydride material and the second metal hydride material are alternately disposed along a lengthwise direction of the storage container.
 
9. A hydrogen storage device comprising:
a storage container having an accommodation space in an interior thereof;
a first metal hydride material provided in the interior of the storage container and configured to store hydrogen;
a second metal hydride material provided in the interior of the storage container and configured to store hydrogen at a pressure that is different from that of the first metal hydride material; and
a partition member provided at a border of the first metal hydride material and the second metal hydride material,
wherein the partition member is formed of a porous material, through which the hydrogen passes.