Fuel tank

US6516964B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann VDO AG · DE

Inventors

• Marc Gerhardt · Dortmund, DE
• Christian Kochsmeier · Dortmund, DE
• Peter Andreas Low · Rosdorf, DE
• Thomas Zapp · Dortmund, DE
• Dieter Keller · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 27, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K15/03
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a fuel tank (1) with a plug which is to be opened, in particular, during maintenance work, a plugging part (6) is fastened in a trough-like depression (2) of the wall of the fuel tank (1) by means of a nut (7). The nut (7) has a thread (9) intended for tapping into a bead (5) of the fuel tank (1). As a result, the fuel tank (1) can be manufactured particularly cost-effectively from geometrically simple parts.