US 12,140,271 B2
Pressure vessel assembly and pressure vessel protector
Myeong Nam Woo, Yongin-si (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 Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,358.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0001763 (KR), filed on Jan. 5, 2022; application No. 10-2022-0003440 (KR), filed on Jan. 10, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0005310 (KR), filed on Jan. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0213145 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. F17C 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 1/04 (2013.01) [F17C 2201/0109 (2013.01); F17C 2201/035 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0663 (2013.01); F17C 2209/2118 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0105 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0171 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0189 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressure vessel assembly, comprising:
a pressure vessel, comprising:
a cylinder part;
a first side part and a second side part, the first side part and the second side part each having a dome shape and being provided at two opposite ends of the cylinder part;
nozzle members respectively provided on the first side part and the second side part; and
a plurality of protectors connected to the nozzle members and configured to surround a respective outer surface of the first side part and the second side part,
wherein each of the plurality of protectors comprises:
a protector body connected to a respective nozzle member and configured to cover the respective outer surface, and comprising at least one first through-hole; and
an elastic layer provided on the protector body and configured to come into contact with the respective outer surface and to fill the at least one first through-hole.