Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel tank with separating membrane
- Patent Title (中): 带分离膜的燃油箱
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Application No.: US13660160Application Date: 2012-10-25
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Publication No.: US09052062B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Walter Schwarting , Sylvain Goek
- Applicant: Astrium GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Taufkirchen
- Assignee: Astrium GmbH
- Current Assignee: Astrium GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Taufkirchen
- Agent W. F. Fasse
- Priority: DE102011117489 20111027
- Main IPC: B65D88/12
- IPC: B65D88/12 ; F17C7/00 ; B64G1/40 ; F17C1/00 ; F15B1/12

Abstract:
A tank especially suitable for use as a fuel or oxidizer tank in spacecraft is divided into two tank spaces by a membrane. A liquid is stored on one side of the membrane and a pressure gas is stored on the other side of the membrane. The pressure gas is to drive the liquid out of the tank. The membrane is made of a polymer material and is held by a spring ring in a recess on the outer wall of the tank. The spring ring has a substantially C-shaped cross-section to exert elastic spring holding forces on the membrane in the recess.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130105490A1 Fuel Tank with Separating Membrane Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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