Fuel tank for a motor vehicle

US6409040B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann VDO AG · DE

Inventors

• Markus Distelhoff · Frankfurt, DE
• Karl Eck · Frankfurt, DE
• Winfried Fröhlich · Bad Camberg, DE
• Dieter Keller · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Justus Klöker · Neu-Anspach, DE
• Knut Meyer · Wilmington, US
• Ingo Mohr · Bad Marienberg, DE
• Bernd Rumpf · Hockenheim, DE
• Wolfgang Sinz · Hofheim, DE
• Rainer Moser · Idstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 6, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2015/03046
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel tank for a motor vehicle, having a wall (3) which is manufactured from plastic, in particular by injection molding, is provided on its inside with a permeation barrier (4). The permeation barrier (4) is manufactured from a material which is virtually impenetrable for fuel vapors. The permeation barrier (4) is composed of shell parts (5, 6) which are welded to one another.