Plastic vehicle tank with connecting element having an improved breaking effect
AssigneePlastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
InventorsJean-Francois Coing, Philippe Convain, Laurent Duez, Pierre De Keyzer
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Abstract
A plastic vehicle tank defining an interior volume provided to contain liquid and comprising: a. an upper wall; b. a lower wall; c. at least one connecting element joining the upper wall to the lower wall of the plastic vehicle tank, said at least one connecting element being located inside the interior volume provided to contain a liquid, and comprising a structure made of continuous fibers embedded in a matrix.
Claims18
A plastic vehicle tank defining an interior volume provided to contain a liquid and comprising:
- an upper wall;
- a lower wall;
- at least one connecting element joining the upper wall to the lower wall of the plastic vehicle tank, said at least one connecting element being located inside the interior volume provided to contain a liquid, and comprising a structure made of continuous fibers embedded in a matrix, and
- wherein the structure of the at least one connecting element has a tensile Young and/or a flexural modulus in at least a first direction that is 1.1 to 5 times higher than the tensile Young and/or flexural modulus of the structure in at least a second direction.
A plastic vehicle tank defining an interior volume provided to contain a liquid and comprising:
- an upper wall;
- a lower wall;
- at least one connecting element joining the upper wall to the lower wall of the plastic vehicle tank, said at least one connecting element being located inside the interior volume provided to contain a liquid, and comprising a structure made of continuous fibers embedded in a matrix, and
- wherein the continuous fibers of the structure are oriented in at least a first direction and a second direction in the matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.