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Impact elements for a mounting system for a pressure vessel

US8628115B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

Valentin Schultheis · Darmstadt, DE
Thorsten Schutz · Ingolstadt, DE
Helmut Schuermann · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
Wolfgang Bleser · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2010
Grant date	Jan 14, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/32
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A storage system for a vehicle is disclosed. The storage system includes a pressure vessel, a plurality of mounting systems disposed on each end of the pressure vessel, each mounting system having a vessel shell having an end coupled to the end of the pressure vessel, a mounting shell having a first end coupled to the vehicle and a second end coupled to another end of the vessel shell, and an impact element formed in one of the vessel shell and the mounting shell having a yield strength less than a yield strength of the vessel shell and the mounting shell, a clamping element for coupling the vessel shell to the pressure vessel, and a coupling means for coupling the vessel shell and the mounting shell together through the impact element.

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