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US 11,478,993 B2Granted
Fuel tank for a motor vehicle, and method for producing a fuel tank
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDaniel Erhard, Moritz Holtdirk
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Abstract
A fuel tank for a motor vehicle includes at least two parts that are joined together, each part being formed by an injection moulding process. The two parts form a receiving chamber for receiving fuel and form at least one other receiving chamber, the receiving chamber and the other receiving chamber being spatially separated by a portion of at least one part.
Claims12
A fuel tank for a vehicle, comprising:
- a first partial body;
- a second partial body, wherein the first partial body and the second partial body are connected to one another and are each formed by an injection-molding process;
- wherein the first partial body is a box element and the second partial body is a flat, planar cover element;
- wherein the first partial body and the second partial body form a first receiving chamber for receiving fuel and a second receiving chamber, wherein the second receiving chamber is an air filter box or a storage compartment, wherein the first receiving chamber and the second receiving chamber are physically separated from one another solely by a first separating wall of the first partial body, and wherein the first separating wall is connected to the flat, planar cover element.
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A method for producing a fuel tank for a motor vehicle, comprising the acts of:
- forming a first partial body and a second partial body by injection molding, wherein the first partial body is a box element and the second partial body is a flat, planar cover element;
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- connecting the first and second partial bodies such that the first and second partial bodies, after they are connected, form a first receiving chamber for receiving fuel and a second receiving chamber, wherein the second receiving chamber is an air filter box or a storage compartment, wherein the first receiving chamber and the second receiving chamber are physically separated from one another solely by a first separating wall of the first partial body, and wherein the first separating wall is connected to the flat, planar cover element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.