Patent ID: 8267268

Claim:
A high-pressure gas tank for motor vehicles, the gas tank ( 10 ) having a central axis ( 20 ) and an interior space ( 12 ) for holding pressurized gas ( 14 ), the tank further including a filling region ( 18 ) at one end thereof with a gas inflow opening ( 16 ) which opens out into the interior space ( 12 ) and is oriented upwardly with respect to the central longitudinal axis ( 20 ) so as to direct a gas jet ( 36 ) entering the tank ( 10 ) through the inflow opening ( 16 ) in such a manner that a central axis of the gas jet extends at an angle φ to the central longitudinal axis ( 20 ) of the interior space ( 12 ) for directing a gas jet toward the top wall of the gas tank ( 10 ) so as to be reflected thereby toward the end of the tank opposite the filling region ( 18 ), wherein the angle φ is in a region between 5° and 35°.