Patents by Inventor Sivakumara Kannappan Krishnamoorthy

Sivakumara Kannappan Krishnamoorthy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for producing a pressure tank, a pressure tank and a pressure tank group
    Patent number: 8794478
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a pressure tank for holding a pressurized fluid, comprising the steps of providing a shaped body; arranging one or more elements of a textile sheet material of reinforcing fibers on the shaped body; impregnating the reinforcing fibers, before or after the arrangement of the element or elements on the shaped body, with a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin; and curing the resin to form a composite fiber material surrounding the shaped body. The invention also provides a pressure tank for holding a pressurized fluid, comprising a hollow body which defines a storage space for the fluid, and a composite fiber material surrounding the hollow body which comprises one or more elements of a textile sheet material. The invention further provides a pressure tank group comprising a plurality of such pressure tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Philipp Strassburger, Sivakumara Kannappan Krishnamoorthy, Michael Kriescher, Günther Erdl
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRESSURE TANK, A PRESSURE TANK AND A PRESSURE TANK GROUP
    Publication number: 20120234840
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a pressure tank for holding a pressurized fluid, comprising the steps of providing a shaped body; arranging one or more elements of a textile sheet material of reinforcing fibers on the shaped body; impregnating the reinforcing fibers, before or after the arrangement of the element or elements on the shaped body, with a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin; and curing the resin to form a composite fiber material surrounding the shaped body. The invention also provides a pressure tank for holding a pressurized fluid, comprising a hollow body which defines a storage space for the fluid, and a composite fiber material surrounding the hollow body which comprises one or more elements of a textile sheet material. The invention further provides a pressure tank group comprising a plurality of such pressure tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Phillip Strassburger, Sivakumara Kannappan Krishnamoorthy, Michael Kriescher, Günther Erdl