Title:
FUEL TANK
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/131685
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fuel tank (1) made from thermoplastic material, having a top (2) and a bottom (3), which are supported upon one another via at least one column-shaped supporting element (4), wherein the supporting element (4) is connected positively and/or materially to a wall (6) of the top (2), on the one hand, and to a wall (6) of the bottom (3), on the other hand, in such a way that it can absorb tensile forces caused by a pressure within the tank, wherein the supporting element (4) is designed as a one-piece solid profile which has a ribbed profile, at least in cross section.
Inventors:
QUANT FRANK (DE)
WAGNER THOMAS (DE)
LORENZ HARALD (DE)
WAGNER THOMAS (DE)
LORENZ HARALD (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2014/053331
Publication Date:
November 06, 2014
Filing Date:
February 20, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO KG (DE)
International Classes:
B60K15/03
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2012139962A1 | 2012-10-18 |
Foreign References:
| US20110139128A1 | 2011-06-16 | |||
| EP2465662A2 | 2012-06-20 | |||
| US6138859A | 2000-10-31 | |||
| US20110139793A1 | 2011-06-16 | |||
| EP2163694A2 | 2010-03-17 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KIERDORF RITSCHEL (Bergisch Gladbach, DE)
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