Diesel exhaust fluid tank for an off-road vehicle

US10371033B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CNH Industrial America LLC · US

Inventors

• Timothy Ralph Hertsgaard · Fargo, US
• Jason Keith Novacek · West Fargo, US
• David Donald Blomberg · Dent, US
• John T. Rasset · Barnesville, US
• Erik Andrew Larson · Destin, US
• Paul E. Wibbels · West Fargo, US
• Daniel LaRoy Hinz · Fargo, US
• Jay M. Larson · Marshall, US
• David Larry Tveito · West Fargo, US
• David E. Susag · Fargo, US
• Russell Victor Stoltman · Frankfort, US
• Chad Alry Bautz · Fargo, US
• Nathaniel James Keller · Harwood, US
• David Sheldon Booth · Fargo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2019
• Expiry date: May 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank for an off-road vehicle including a retaining bar configured to support the DEF tank and a channel molded into a side of the DEF tank. The channel is configured to interface with the retaining rod. The DEF tank further including a cutout formed within the channel, wherein the cutout establishes a gap between the retaining bar and a body of the DEF tank. The DEF tank also includes a drain channel molded into an exterior surface of the DEF tank. The drain channel is configured to provide structural support to the DEF tank, and the gap is configured to enable DEF flow downwardly into the drain channel without contacting the retaining bar.