# US 2009/0266830 A1 · Fluid container component assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2009/0266830 A1 - Document ID: US20090266830A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/108,919 - Filed: 2008-04-24 - Published: 2009-10-29 - Earliest claimed: 2008-04-24 - Inventors: Robert P. Benjey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090266830A1 ## CPC - B60K 15/00: Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines {or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells}; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks - B60K 15/03: Fuel tanks - B60K 15/077: with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation - B60K 2015/03453: {for fixing or mounting parts of the fuel tank together} - Y10T 29/53: Means to assemble or disassemble - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A fluid container component assembly includes a fluid container component including a body and at least one mounting feature attached to the body. The mounting feature(s) are configured to magnetically engage a portion of a fluid container shell. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fluid container component assembly, comprising: a fluid container component including a body; and at least one mounting feature attached to the body and configured to magnetically engage a portion of a fluid container shell. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fluid container component assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein the at least one mounting feature has a magnetic force sufficient to attach the fluid container component to the fluid container shell during use of the fluid container. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fluid container component assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein the at least one mounting feature is a magnet or a magnetic coupling. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fluid container component assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein the fluid container component is selected from a valve, a sensor, a tube, a wiring harness, a filter, a pump, a transmitter, a receiver, a heater, a cooler, a mixer, a baffle, a reservoir, a nozzle, a diffuser, an anode, a cathode, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 5 A fluid container assembly, comprising: a fluid container shell; and a fluid container component magnetically attached to an interior surface of the fluid container shell. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 5 wherein the fluid container shell includes at least one magnetic coupling disposed on an exterior surface of the fluid container shell. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 6 wherein the fluid container component includes at least one magnet disposed on a surface thereof, and wherein the at least one magnet engages with the at least one magnetic coupling of the fluid container shell. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 6 wherein the fluid container shell includes a recess formed in an internal surface thereof. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 8 wherein the magnetic coupling is a metallic cup disposed on the exterior surface of the fluid container shell and surrounding, in a substantially complementary-fit configuration, a prominence corresponding to the recess. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 8 wherein the magnetic coupling is a metallic cup including a plurality of barbs formed thereon, and wherein the metallic cup is at least one of mechanically attached to the fluid container shell, or thermally attached to the fluid container shell. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 10 wherein the metallic cup includes a depth and a shape that substantially improves a magnetic path for magnetically attaching the fluid container component to the interior surface of the fluid container shell, thereby substantially increasing the magnetic attraction force between them. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 5 wherein the fluid container shell includes at least one magnet disposed on an interior surface thereof, an exterior surface thereof, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 12 wherein the fluid container component includes at least one magnetic coupling disposed on a surface thereof, and wherein the at least one magnetic coupling engages with the at least one magnet of the fluid container shell. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 5 wherein the fluid container shell is formed from a magnetically responsive material, and the fluid container component includes at least one magnet disposed on a surface thereof, and wherein the at least one magnet engages with the magnetically responsive fluid container shell. ### Claim 15 (depends on 5) The fluid container assembly as defined in claim 5 wherein the fluid container component includes one of a magnet or a magnetic coupling attached to a surface thereof and the fluid container shell includes the other of the magnet or the magnetic coupling attached to a surface thereof; and wherein the magnet or the magnetic coupling attached to the fluid container component is positioned thereon to thereby substantially reduce a magnetic gap between the magnet or the magnetic coupling attached to the fluid container component and the other of the magnet or the magnetic coupling attached to the fluid container shell. ### Claim 16 A method of mounting a fluid container component to a fluid container, the method comprising: providing a fluid container including a fluid container shell; and magnetically attaching the fluid container component to an interior surface of the fluid container shell, thereby mounting the fluid container component to the fluid container. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method as defined in claim 16, further comprising: disposing at least one magnet on the interior surface of the fluid container shell, an exterior surface of the fluid container shell, or combinations thereof; and disposing at least one magnetic coupling on a surface of the fluid container component. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method as defined in claim 16, further comprising: disposing at least one magnetic coupling on an exterior surface of the fluid container shell; and disposing at least one magnet on a surface of the fluid container component. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method as defined in claim 18 wherein the fluid container shell includes a recess on an interior surface thereof, and wherein the magnetic coupling is a metallic cup, the method further comprising: disposing the metallic cup on the exterior surface of the fluid container shell and surrounding a prominence corresponding to the recess; and at least one of mechanically attaching the metallic cup to the exterior surface, or thermally attaching the metallic cup to the exterior surface. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method as defined in claim 16 wherein the fluid container shell is made of a magnetically responsive material, and the method further comprises disposing at least one magnet on a surface of the fluid container component. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The method as defined in claim 16, further comprising: disposing one of a magnet or a magnetic coupling on a surface of the fluid container shell; and disposing the other of the magnet or the magnetic coupling on a surface of the fluid container component; wherein the magnet or magnetic coupling attached to the fluid container component is positioned thereon to thereby substantially reduce a magnetic gap between the magnet or the magnetic coupling attached to the fluid container shell and the other of the magnet or the magnetic coupling attached to the fluid container component.