FUEL TANK FOR VEHICLE - NIPPON STEEL CORP

Title:

FUEL TANK FOR VEHICLE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/046733

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A fuel tank for a vehicle is configured from a tank body in which an upper tank and a lower tank (120) are joined to each other to form a closed space in which fuel is housed, and an auxiliary tank (130) which is affixed to a bottom surface part of the lower tank (120) by spot welding (150), a plurality of rows of spot welding (150) are set along the longitudinal direction of the lower tank (120) with a distance therebetween in the width direction of the auxiliary tank (130), at least one bead (142) located between the rows of spot welding (150) and extending continuously along the longitudinal direction of the lower tank (120) in the bottom surface part thereof is formed, and the lower surface of the auxiliary tank (130) has no portion that is not in contact with the bottom surface part of the lower tank (120) except the bead (142).

Inventors:

YOSIDA YUUICHI (JP)
YAMAMOTO SHUJI (JP)
SETO ATSUSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2011/072878

Publication Date:

April 12, 2012

Filing Date:

October 04, 2011

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

NIPPON STEEL CORP (JP)
YOSIDA YUUICHI (JP)
YAMAMOTO SHUJI (JP)
SETO ATSUSHI (JP)

International Classes:

B60K15/03

Foreign References:

JP2002321534A	2002-11-05
JP2515941Y2	1996-11-06
JPH0659117U	1994-08-16
JPH10265967A	1998-10-06
JP2000158956A	2000-06-13
JPH1044793A	1998-02-17
JP2002321537A	2002-11-05
JP2002067711A	2002-03-08
JP2000158956A	2000-06-13

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