Fuel tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10322630-B2
Application number	US-201615569823-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2016
Priority date	Apr 27, 2015
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

Provided is a fuel tank which allows effective suppression of the deformation of a fuel tank body and has excellent durability. This fuel tank is equipped with: a fuel tank body; connecting members which partially connect the opposed inner wall surfaces of the fuel tank body to each other, and/or abutment portions where the opposed inner wall surfaces of the fuel tank body partially abut on each other; and reinforcing members which are provided integrally with the outer wall surfaces of the fuel tank body and reinforce the outer wall surfaces. The fuel tank is configured such that the reinforcing members are equipped with: base portions which are disposed at positions corresponding to the connecting members and/or the abutment portions; and extension portions which extend along the outer wall surfaces from the base portions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fuel tank comprising:
a resin fuel tank body having a first and a second wall facing each other; and at least one reinforcing member integrated with the resin fuel tank body by insert molding from outside the resin fuel tank body and reinforcing the resin fuel tank body,
wherein
the fuel tank further comprises at least one connecting member disposed inside the resin fuel tank body and connecting the first and second walls by welding one end of the connecting member to the first wall and the other end to the second wall, and/or
the first wall comprises at least one first projecting portion and the second wall comprises at least one second projecting portion, the at least one first projecting portion projecting toward the second wall, the at least one second projecting portion projecting to the at least one first projecting portion to abut against the at least one first projecting portion in the resin fuel tank body and form at least one abutment portion, and
that the at least one reinforcing member comprises: at least one base portion disposed on an outer wall surface of the resin fuel tank body and at a position where the at least one connecting member and/or the at least one abutment portion is located; and an extending portion extending along the outer wall surface from the at least one base portion.

2. The fuel tank according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one connecting member and/or the at least one abutment portion are arranged in plurality,
the at least one base portion are arranged in plurality, and
at least two of the at least one base portion are connected to each other via the extending portion.

3. The fuel tank according to claim 1 , wherein the extending portion includes a projecting portion projecting toward an inside of the resin fuel tank body.

4. The fuel tank according to claim 3 , wherein the projecting portion includes a concave portion or a hole portion.

5. The fuel tank according to claim 1 , wherein
the resin fuel tank body is provided with a cushioning member on the outer wall surface of the resin fuel tank body, and
the extending portion extends to a position where the cushioning member is located.

6. The fuel tank according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one reinforcing member are arranged in a pair on a first and a second outer wall surfaces of the first and the second walls of the resin fuel tank body.

7. The fuel tank according to claim 2 , wherein the extending portion includes a projecting portion projecting toward an inside of the resin fuel tank body.

Assignees

• Yachiyo Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuzaki Toru

Classifications

• B29C51/12

  of articles having inserts or reinforcements · CPC title

• B60K15/03 Primary

  Fuel tanks · CPC title

• B60K2015/03032

  Manufacturing of fuel tanks · CPC title

• B60K2015/03493

  made of plastics · CPC title

• B29C49/48

  Moulds · CPC title