Molding device of inbuilt component fixing section of fuel tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9937654-B2
Application number	US-201615197912-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2016
Priority date	Jul 6, 2015
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

A molding device of an inbuilt component fixing section of a fuel tank includes: a projection member that projects out at a placement face onto which a resin sheet that will form a tank configuration member is disposed in a molten state, and that molds a hollow bulge section in the resin sheet; an elastic body that covers the projection member, and that expands and applies pressure to the bulge section from the inside due to a non-compressible fluid being supplied into a sealed space formed between the elastic body and the projection member; a fluid supply device that supplies the fluid into the sealed space in a state in which the bulge section has penetrated through a fixing hole provided in an inbuilt component; and a fixing member that fixes a location of the elastic body corresponding to a leading end portion to the leading end portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A molding device of an inbuilt component fixing section of a fuel tank, the molding device comprising:
a projection member that projects out at a placement face onto which a resin sheet that will form a tank configuration member of a tank main body is disposed in a molten state, and that molds a hollow bulge section in the resin sheet;
an elastic body that covers an outer periphery of the projection member, and that expands and applies pressure to the bulge section from the inside due to a non-compressible fluid being supplied into a sealed space formed between the elastic body and the projection member;
a fluid supply device that is configured to supply the fluid into the sealed space and is configured to recover the fluid from the sealed space, and that supplies the fluid into the sealed space in a state in which the bulge section has penetrated through a fixing hole provided in an inbuilt component; and
a fixing member that is attached to a leading end portion of the projection member and that fixes a location of the elastic body, corresponding to the leading end portion, to the leading end portion.

2. The molding device of an inbuilt component fixing section of a fuel tank of claim 1 , wherein:
a screw hole is provided to the leading end portion of the projection member; and
the fixing member is configured including
a plate member that is disposed on a surface at the corresponding location of the elastic body, and
a screw member that penetrates through the plate member and the elastic body and that includes a screw portion screwed into the screw hole and a screw head portion pressing the plate member toward a leading end portion side of the projection member.

3. The molding device of an inbuilt component fixing section of a fuel tank of claim 2 , wherein:
a protruding portion that projects out toward the opposite side to a projection direction of the projection member is formed at an outer peripheral edge portion of the plate member; and
an indented portion, in which the protruding portion is housed, is formed at an outer peripheral face of the elastic body.

4. The molding device of an inbuilt component fixing section of a fuel tank of claim 2 , wherein:
a reinforcement member that reinforces a peripheral portion of a through-hole, through which the screw portion penetrates, is disposed inside the corresponding location of the elastic body.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kimura Miki

Classifications

• B29C51/30

  Moulds · CPC title

• B29K2023/086

  EVOH, i.e. ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer · CPC title

• B29C51/12

  of articles having inserts or reinforcements · CPC title

• B29L2031/7288

  Rivets · CPC title

• B29C51/06

  using pressure difference {for prestretching} · CPC title