Patent ID: 7036677

Claim:
Pressure vessel ( 1 , 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 ) for storage of solid, liquid and/or gaseous media under an operating pressure above atmospheric pressure, wherein the pressure vessel comprises: a single-layer tubular section ( 2 ), and lids which seal end faces of the single-layer tubular section, so that the single-layer tubular section and the lids enclose a hollow space provided for storage of the media, wherein at least one connector ( 6 , 6 ′) is provided for loading/unloading, characterised in that said single-layer tubular section is composed of a single-layer tube, said single-layer tube being composed of fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material, said fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material of the single-layer tube containing more than 10 percent by volume of fibres with an average fibre length of more than 50 mm as reinforcement.