B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – K
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
K
B60K 15/067 (2006.01) B60K 15/03 (2006.01) B60K 15/07 (2006.01) F17C 1/04 (2006.01) F17C 13/08 (2006.01) F17C 13/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2151546
A safety system is provided for mounting a pressure vessel system such as a natural gas tank to a support structure such as on a vehicle. The pressure vessel system includes a shell having an aperture alignable with an aperture in the support structure. A fastener extends through the aligned apertures and includes a shear section located at an interface between the shell and the support structure to provide a first safety measure defining the point of separation of the vessel from the sup- port structure due to sudden impact. A tether cable is interconnected between the pressure vessel system and the support structure. The tether cable has at least a minimum amount of slack therein to provide a second, sequential safety measure to restrain free travel of the pressure vessel system should the shearable fastener break. A camming surface is provided between the pressure vessel system and the support structure for directing the vessel system away from a forward direction of travel, to provide a third, sequential safety measure in the event that the vessel system breaks away from both the shearable fastener and the tether cable. A safety pressure vessel system incorporates a plurality of inner pressure tanks within the shell, the tanks and shell being fabricated of filament composite material. A shock absorbing foam filler is provided within the outer shell separating the inner tanks from each other and the inner tanks from the outer shell.
Duvall Paul F.
Finlayson & Singlehurst
Technical Products Group Incorporated
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