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US 2002/0053566 A1Published application
Fuel container
AssigneeSIG Blowtec GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMartin Balzer, Karsten Friedrichs, Werner Daubenbuechel, Olaf Welland, Peter Kluesener
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Abstract
The invention concerns a fuel container of plastic material such as a motor vehicle fuel tank, comprising one or more welded seams as seam locations for the body of the container and/or as connecting or sealing seams between the container wall in the region of openings and closure elements or covers welded thereto. At least some of the welded seams are at least partially penetrated by a duct which extends in the longitudinal direction in the seam and which can be filled with air and vented.
Claims16
A fuel container of plastic material comprising
- a container body having at least one welded seam,
- a duct which at least partially penetrates at least one welded seam and extends in a longitudinal direction of the welded seam, and
- means for filling the duct with air and venting same of air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.