Fluid container for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9975422-B2
Application number	US-201214370878-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2012
Priority date	Jan 5, 2012
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

The invention concerns a fluid container ( 1 ) for a motor vehicle, in particular a fuel tank. The fluid container ( 1 ) comprises at least one clamping strap ( 3 ) surrounding this to hold it at predefined fixing points of the bodywork ( 4 ) of a motor vehicle. The fluid container ( 1 ) according to the invention is characterized in that the clamping strap ( 3 ) is premounted captively on the fluid container ( 1 ) without additional fixing means.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid container for a motor vehicle, comprising:
the fluid container formed as a plastic container;
at least one clamping strap at least partly surrounding the fluid container to hold the fluid container at predefined fixing points of bodywork of the motor vehicle;
wherein the fluid container comprises a container wall defining a container volume and a plurality of protrusions;
wherein the fluid container is formed as a plastic container;
wherein the fluid container comprises a plurality of shells, each of the shells having a shell wall forming a portion of the container wall and a peripheral flange formed as a monolithic structure with the shell wall, wherein the shells are joined at a peripheral container seam located between the flanges and the protrusions are provided at different points of the peripheral container seam;
wherein each protrusion is formed by a portion of the peripheral flange of at least one of the shells; and
wherein the clamping strap is premounted captively on the fluid container without additional fixing means by each of the protrusions being engaged in a correspondingly formed opening of the clamping strap.

2. The fluid container according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid container is formed of a thermoplastic material.

3. The fluid container according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping strap forms a C-shaped or U-shaped, substantially form-stable contour adapted to the fluid container, with legs lying against the fluid container under pretension and partly surrounding the fluid container, wherein the legs are each provided with the openings in which the protrusions engage.

4. The fluid container according to claim 1 , wherein each of the protrusions formed by the portion of the peripheral flange of at least one of the shells is formed as a tab or a peg.

5. The fluid container according to claim 1 , wherein each of the protrusions extend in a plane of the peripheral flange formed thereby.

6. The fluid container according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid container is a fuel tank.

7. The fluid container according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping strap is formed of metal.

8. The fluid container according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of shells are two opposing half shells.

9. The fluid container according to claim 8 , wherein each protrusion is formed by a portion of the peripheral flange of each of the half shells.

10. The fluid container according to claim 1 wherein the shell wall of each of the shells is formed of a multi-layer extrudate.

11. A fluid container for a motor vehicle, comprising:
the fluid container formed as a plastic container;
at least one clamping strap at least partly surrounding the fluid container to hold the fluid container at predefined fixing points of bodywork of the motor vehicle;
wherein the fluid container comprises a container wall defining a container volume and a plurality of protrusions;
wherein the fluid container is formed as a plastic container;
wherein the fluid container comprises a plurality of shells forming the container wall and joined at a peripheral container seam, and each protrusion is provided at a different point of the peripheral container seam;
wherein each protrusion is formed by a portion of a peripheral flange, wherein the peripheral flange forms a portion of the peripheral container seam and is formed by at least one of the shells; and
wherein the clamping strap is premounted captively on the fluid container without additional fixing means by each of the protrusions being engaged in a correspondingly formed opening of the clamping strap.

12. The fluid container according to claim 11 , wherein the fluid container is formed of a thermoplastic material.

13. The fluid container according to claim 11 , wherein the clamping strap forms a C-shaped or U-shaped, substantially form-stable contour adapted to the fluid container, with legs lying against the fluid container under pretension and partly surrounding the fluid container, wherein the legs are each provided with the openings in which the protrusions engage.

14. The fluid container according to claim 11 , wherein each of the protrusions formed by the portion of the peripheral flange of at least one of the shells is formed as a tab or a peg.

15. The fluid container according to claim 11 , wherein each of the protrusions extend in a plane of the peripheral flange formed thereby.

16. The fluid container according to claim 11 , wherein the fluid container is a fuel tank.

17. The fluid container according to claim 11 , wherein the clamping strap is formed of metal.

18. The fluid container according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of shells are two opposing half shells.

19. The fluid container according to claim 18 , wherein each protrusion is formed by a portion of the peripheral flange of each of the half shells.

20. The fluid container according to claim 11 wherein the shell wall of each of the shells is formed of a multi-layer extrudate.

Assignees

• Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Bruns Andreas
• Janicke Stefan
• Looden Hartmut
• Olaf Mohr
• Sinning Alfred

Classifications

• B60K15/07

  of gas tanks · CPC title

• B60K15/067 Primary

  Mounting of tanks · CPC title

• B62D27/04

  resilient · CPC title

• B62D27/06

  readily releasable · CPC title

• B60K15/03 Primary

  Fuel tanks · CPC title