Operating fluid tank
AssigneeKautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsNicolai Schumacher, Alexander Pechan
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Abstract
An operating fluid tank for a motor vehicle, in particular for storing an aqueous additive, comprising: a tank wall made of a thermoplastic material, wherein the tank wall has a top, a bottom and side walls, and the tank wall delimits a tank volume, wherein the tank volume has a height, a depth and a width; and at least one electrically operated heating device having one or more heating elements, the heating element being inserted into an outer depression of the tank wall, or into an outer recess or opening in the tank wall, or into an inner structure that is integrally formed with the tank wall and that extends into the tank volume, and said heating element extending over at least one third of the height of the tank volume and being electrically contacted outside the tank volume.
Claims16
An operating fluid tank for a motor vehicle, in particular for storing an aqueous additive, comprising:
- a tank wall made of thermoplastic material,
- wherein the tank wall comprises a top, a bottom and side walls, the tank wall delimits a tank volume,
- wherein the tank volume has a height, a depth and a width, with at least one electrically operated heating device which comprises at least one heating body,
- wherein the heating body is inserted in an outer depression of the tank wall or in an outer recess of the tank wall or in an inner structure of the tank wall and extending into the tank volume,
- wherein the tank wall has an inner side which faces the tank volume and an outer side which defines the outer depression, the outer recess or the inner structure,
- wherein the heating body is disposed at the outer side of the tank wall with the tank wall disposed between the heating body and the aqueous additive when stored in the tank volume,
- wherein the heating body extends over at least one third of the height of the tank volume and is electrically contacted outside of the tank volume.
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