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Method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank that includes a connector provided with a screw thread

US7780901B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

10Claims

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Assignee

INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (S.A.) · BE

Inventors

Hugues Masse · Brussels, BE
Frederic Jannot · Bousval, BE
Pierre-Francois Tardy · Brussels, BE
Bjorn Criel · Brussels, BE
Barbara Mabed · Brussels, BE
Philippe Martin · Herstal, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2007
Grant date	Aug 24, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29L2031/7172
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank by moulding a parison in a mould, in which method the parison is locally deformed during moulding of the parison in order to obtain an impermeable hollow built-in connector provided with a screw thread, and to do so by means of a concave counter-form and a convex form that can penetrate the counter-form, these two pieces being secured, one to the mould and the other to a core located inside the mould, or vice versa, and at least one of these pieces being provided with a screw thread, the moulding of the connector taking place by the convex form penetrating the concave counter-form.

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