Plastic tank for motor vehicles having at least one reinforcing structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12011990-B2
Application number	US-202017761911-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2020
Priority date	Sep 20, 2019
Publication date	Jun 18, 2024
Grant date	Jun 18, 2024

Abstract

A plastic container for a motor vehicle having a container wall delimiting a container interior, and having at least one stiffening structure which is connected to the container wall in a planar manner. A border of the stiffening structure has at least two mutually identical edge profiles between two points located on the border. Further, the border, at least in sections along its longitudinal extension, in the region of each of the edge profiles, is at a distance from a direct connecting line connecting the two points.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plastic container for a motor vehicle, the plastic container comprising:
a container wall delimiting a container interior; and
at least one stiffening structure which is connected planarly to the container wall,
wherein:
a border of the stiffening structure which delimits the stiffening structure has at least two mutually identical edge profiles between at least two points located on the border, and
the border, in a plan view of the stiffening structure, is arranged, at least in sections, at a distance along a longitudinal extension thereof in a region of each of the edge profiles, from a direct connecting line connecting the at least two points.

2. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein each of the edge profiles has an extension running parallel to the direct connecting line that is greater than a wall thickness of the stiffening structure.

3. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein each of the edge profiles has an extension running parallel to the direct connecting line which is less than half an edge length of the stiffening structure.

4. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the edge profiles run cyclically between the at least two points.

5. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the border has edge profiles which are continuously differentiable.

6. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the border has edge profiles which are discontinuously differentiable.

7. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the border has sinusoidal edge profiles.

8. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the border has semicircular edge profiles, and
wherein a convex edge profile adjoins a concave edge profile.

9. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the border has edge profiles which each correspond to a spline/polynomial curve.

10. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the border has trapezoidal edge profiles.

11. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the border has sawtooth-shaped edge profiles.

12. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the border has rectangular edge profiles.

13. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the stiffening structure is connected to an inner surface of the container wall facing the container interior and/or to an outer surface of the container wall facing away from the container interior.

14. The plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the stiffening structure is a first stiffening structure that is connected to an inner surface of the container wall facing the container interior, and
wherein a second stiffening structure is connected to an outer surface of the container wall facing away from the container interior.

15. The plastic container according to claim 14 , wherein the container wall is sandwiched at least in sections between the first stiffening structure and the second stiffening structure in such a manner that the first stiffening structure and the second stiffening structure are arranged overlapping at least in sections.

16. The plastic container according to claim 15 , wherein the first stiffening structure and the second stiffening structure have the same border profiles, and
wherein the container wall is sandwiched between the first stiffening structure and the second stiffening structure such that, in a plan view of the container wall, the first stiffening structure and the second stiffening structure are aligned with each other.

Assignees

• Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Rosenstrater Sebastian
• Quant Frank

Classifications

• B60K2015/0344

  comprising baffles · CPC title

• B60K15/03

  Fuel tanks · CPC title

• B60K15/03177 Primary

  made of non-metallic material, e.g. plastics, or of a combination of non-metallic and metallic material (B60K15/03006 takes precedence) · CPC title