Method for producing a seamless pressure vessel for storing hydrogen

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PATENT NO 9889491
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14623784

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A method may be used to produce a seamless pressure vessel for storing hydrogen. So that such a pressure vessel withstands both very high internal pressures and pressure fluctuations and (low) temperatures and temperature fluctuations and also high mechanical loading, is resistant to embrittlement, and is comparatively lightweight, a round or tubular workpiece may be formed that includes a multi-layer composite sheet metal material comprising a carrier layer made of steel material and a shielding layer resistant to hydrogen embrittlement by a flow forming process into a seamless hollow body, which serves as a semifinished product to be further processed into the seamless pressure vessel. The shielding layer may represent an inner layer of the pressure vessel. During the flow forming of the workpiece, the shielding layer may be retained as a whole-area, uninterrupted layer.

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THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG47166 DUISBURG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cott, Andreas Waltershausen, DE 15 17
Flöth, Thomas Duisburg, DE 7 12
Groβerüschkamp, Thomas Duisburg, DE 3 0
Patberg, Lothar Moers, DE 64 431
Sage, Henrik Ludwigsburg, DE 1 1
Sauer, Jörg-Wendelin Dresden, DE 1 1

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