Patent ID: 7566376
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: B29C,B29K,D04C,D10B,F16J,F17C,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A pressure container manufacturing method for manufacturing a pressure container by forming an outer shell made of a fiber reinforced composite material on a periphery of a liner, comprising: preparing a first fiber bundle, and a second fiber bundle; wherein a diameter of said first diameter fiber bundle is larger than that of said second diameter fiber bundle; and wherein the first fiber bundle is unimpregnated with a resin and the second fiber bundle is covered with a thermoplastic resin to form an impregnated second fiber bundle; forming a body on the periphery of the liner by braiding the first fiber bundle and the impregnated second fiber bundle with a braider; impregnating the first fiber bundle with the thermoplastic resin in the second fiber bundle which is heated and melted; and curing the thermoplastic resin to form the outer shell,