US 7,320,726 B2 | ||
Hydrogen storage apparatus | ||
Chih-Kang Shih, H Bank Technology Inc., 3 Fl.-1, No. 310, Sunglung Rd., Taipei City 11058 (Taiwan); George Huang, H Bank Technology Inc., 3 Fl.-1, No. 310, Sunglung Rd., Taipei City 11058 (Taiwan); and Vahan Beibutian, H Bank Technology Inc., 3 Fl.-1, No. 310, Sunglung Rd., Taipei City 11058 (Taiwan) | ||
Filed on Jan. 20, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/38,720. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 93141914 A (TW), filed on Dec. 31, 2004. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0144238 A1, Jul. 06, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. F17C 11/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 96—154 [206/.7] | 10 Claims |
1. A hydrogen storage apparatus for storing a hydrogen storage alloy, the hydrogen storage apparatus comprising:
a hydrogen storage canister defining a longitudinal axis;
at least one first partition adapted to divide the hydrogen storage canister into at least one compartment; and
at least one second partition adapted to divide the at least one compartment into a plurality of sub-compartments into which
the hydrogen storage alloy is disposed;
wherein the at least one second partition comprises a plurality of cells having a cell wall arranged in a honeycomb configuration,
each cell of the plurality of cells being identical in size and shape, and the cell wall of each of the plurality of cells
is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
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