US 12,492,783 B2
Tank and method of recycling reinforcing fiber
Yusuke Numata, Toyota (JP); Takuya Sukeda, Toyota (JP); Daisuke Sakuma, Toyota (JP); and Hiroyuki Ishii, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,777.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-126054 (JP), filed on Aug. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044451 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F17C 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 1/06 (2013.01) [F17C 2203/0604 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0624 (2013.01); F17C 2203/067 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0673 (2013.01); F17C 2209/2154 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tank comprising a liner and a first protective layer, the first protective layer being disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the liner and configured such that a resin-impregnated fiber bundle containing a reinforcing fiber bundle and a first matrix resin is wound around the liner, wherein a folded portion that is fixed in a state where the resin-impregnated fiber bundle is folded is provided at a winding end of the resin-impregnated fiber bundle.