公开(公告)号：US20240353063A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18742939

申请日：2024-06-13

Applicant: STOKE Space Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Michael Dethlefsen ,  Michael Smith Brendel ,  William Thomas Johnson, V

IPC: F17C1/14 ,  B64G1/40

CPC classification number: F17C1/14 ,  B64G1/4021 ,  F17C2201/0128 ,  F17C2201/0133 ,  F17C2201/0142 ,  F17C2203/0643 ,  F17C2270/0197

Abstract: A semi-ellipsoidal, semi-toroidal, or toroidal shell includes an annular sheet metal wall that is longitudinally segmented so as to include a plurality of annular wall segments. Each of the plurality of annular wall segments is joined to an adjacent wall segment by a respective latitudinal wall weld. Also disclosed is a tank including the shell, a vehicle including the shell, a multi-conic preform used to manufacture the shell, a method for assembling the preform, and a method for manufacturing the shell using the preform.