Patent abstracts

Abstract

In UK patent 2270028 General Electric Co. describes a lightweight tank, useful for holding fuels and the like in space‐deployed vessels. It is produced by depositing a metal layer on the outer surface of a disposable pattern, forming a lightweight tank shell thereon, typically by wrapping with a polymer‐impregnated reinforcing material and then curing followed by removal of the pattern. The metal layer serves as a leak barrier and protects the polymer from corrosive damage that may be produced by the propellant fuel or oxidant.

Citation

(1995), "Patent abstracts", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 67 No. 2, pp. 37-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb037556