Modular fuel tank assembly and method of construction
AssigneeCapat LLC
InventorsJose A. Cajiga, Arturo Cajiga Villar, Vicente Cajiga Villar, Alexandra Cajiga
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Abstract
A modular fuel tank assembly includes a first fuel tank body defining a first inner volume and a second fuel tank body defining a second inner volume, where the first inner volume is spatially separate from the second inner volume. A connecting conduit is in fluid communication with the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank. The first fuel tank, the second fuel tank and the connecting conduit each define a double-walled structure having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall.
Claims7
A modular fuel tank assembly, comprising:
- a first fuel tank body defining a first inner volume;
- a second fuel tank body defining a second inner volume, said first inner volume being spatially separate from said second inner volume;
- a connecting conduit in fluid communication with said first inner volume and said second inner volume, said connecting conduit permitting fluid transfer between said first fuel tank body and said second fuel tank body, wherein said first fuel tank body, said second fuel tank body and said connecting conduit each define a double-walled structure having an inner wall, and an outer wall spaced apart from said inner wall;
- a mounting assembly affixed to said outer walls of said first fuel tank body and said second fuel tank body, wherein said mounting assembly rigidly connects said first fuel tank body to said second fuel tank body, said mounting assembly being selectively attachable to said first fuel tank body and to said second fuel tank body;
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- a baffle disposed between said inner walls of said first fuel tank body and said second fuel tank body, wherein said baffle defines at least one aperture sized to accommodate ingress and egress of an entire human body.
A method of constructing a modular fuel tank assembly, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming a first fuel tank to have a first inner volume;
- forming a second fuel tank to have a second inner volume, said first inner volume being spatially separate from said second inner volume;
- forming a connecting conduit to fluidly connect said first inner volume to said second inner volume, said connecting conduit permitting fluid transfer between said first fuel tank and said second fuel tank;
- forming a mounting assembly affixed to said outer walls of said first fuel tank body and said second fuel tank body, wherein said mounting assembly rigidly connects said first fuel tank body to said second fuel tank body;
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- forming an interior baffle in said first inner volume and said second inner volume, wherein said mounting assembly and said interior baffles of said first inner volume and said second inner volume are longitudinally aligned with one another
- positioning a baffle between said inner walls of said first fuel tank and said second fuel tank, wherein said baffle defines at least one aperture sized to accommodate human ingress and egress of an entire human body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.