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Object A safe hydrogen storage tank in a highly reliable form where it is difficult for fatigue failure to occur is provided as a hydrogen storage tank where a cartridge is filled with a hydrogen occluding substance and contained within an integrally molded liner made of a metal. Means for Achieving

Object A safe hydrogen storage tank in a highly reliable form where it is difficult for fatigue failure to occur is provided as a hydrogen storage tank where a cartridge is filled with a hydrogen occluding substance and contained within an integrally molded liner made of a metal. Means for Achieving Object A cartridge 10 is formed of a cartridge main body portion 11, a fixed side axial portion 13 and a free side axial portion 12, and an integrally molded liner 20 which is seamless is formed of a liner torso portion 21, a fixed side end portion 25 where a fixed side opening 25a is created via a portion in dome form 24 and a free side end portion 23 where a free side opening 23a for supporting a support plug 30 is created via a portion in dome form 22 in order to support a free side axial portion 12a, in such a manner that the fixed side opening 25a fixes and supports the fixed side axial portion 13 and is sealed by a sealing plug 40 while the free side opening 23a is sealed by the support plug 30, and the free side axial portion 12 is inserted into and supported by the recess 31 created in the support plug 30 so as to be moveable forward and backward in the direction of the axial line.

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1. A hydrogen storage tank, comprising: a cartridge comprising a cartridge main body portion in cylindrical form which is filled with a hydrogen occluding substance; a fixed side axial portion which is provided on one end side along the axial line of the cartridge main body portion; a free side axia

1. A hydrogen storage tank, comprising: a cartridge comprising a cartridge main body portion in cylindrical form which is filled with a hydrogen occluding substance; a fixed side axial portion which is provided on one end side along the axial line of the cartridge main body portion; a free side axial portion which is provided on the other end side along the axial line of the cartridge main body portion, a flow path pipe for heat exchange provided in or around the cartridge, and an inner fluid supplying flow path penetrating through the fixed side axial portion in the direction of the axial line connected to the flow path pipe for heat exchange;a liner within which the cartridge is provided comprising a liner torso portion having a space for containing the cartridge main body portion, a fixed side end portion which is provided on one end side of the liner torso portion so as to protrude via a portion in dome form and where a fixed side opening for supporting the fixed side axial portion of the cartridge is created, and a free side end portion which is provided on the other end side of the liner torso portion so as to protrude via a portion in dome form and where a free side opening for supporting the outer periphery of a support plug for supporting the free side axial portion of the cartridge is created, wherein the liner is formed of one piece of metal material without a seam between the liner torso portion and the fixed side end portion and without a seam between the liner torso portion and the free side end portion,wherein the fixed side opening of the liner fixes and supports the fixed side axial portion of the cartridge and is sealed by a sealing plug having an outer fluid supplying flow path connected to the inner fluid supplying flow path for supplying fluid for heat exchange from outside the cartridge to the inner fluid supplying flow path,the free side opening of the liner is sealed with the support plug,the free side axial portion of the cartridge is provided in and supported by a recess created in the support plug so as to be moveable forward and backward in the direction of the axial line,a support plug flow path for connecting the recess to the outside is provided in the support plug, anda cartridge flow path comprising a through hole which penetrates through the free side axial portion so as to be connected to the cartridge main body portion is provided in the cartridge, wherein the support plug flow path and the cartridge flow path are connected via the recess. 2. The hydrogen storage tank according to claim 1, wherein the liner is formed of an aluminum alloy and a fiber reinforced resin layer is provided on the outside of the liner. 3. The hydrogen storage tank according to claim 1, wherein each of the fixed side opening of the liner and the free side opening of the liner has a diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the cartridge main body.