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Process for reinforcing a rigid plastic fuel tank

US9242550B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (Societe Anonyme) · BE

Inventors

James E. Thompson · Cedar Falls, US
David Hill · Wixom, US
Bjorn Criel · Brussels, BE
Vincent Cuvelier · Dongshan, TW
Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen · Brussels, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 9, 2010
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 16, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Process for reinforcing a plastic fuel tank comprising a wall defining an internal closed volume, according to which a structural member is fixed to the wall of the tank outside the closed volume, in at least two points being located in two different portions of said wall where a deflection induced when the tank is filled with fuel, is low; and said structure having at least one contact point with the tank wall in a portion of said wall where the deflection is high.

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