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US 2016/0243933 A1Published application
Filling device
AssigneeMAGNA STEYR Fuel Systems GesmbH
InventorsRené HENDLER, Dominik STEINMANN, Patrick ZIERLER
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Abstract
A filling device for a metal tank, the filling device including a filler pipe composed of a polymer, and a coupling element composed of a metal to connect the filler pipe to the metal tank, the coupling element having a first connection portion upon which the filler pipe is shrink-fitted and a second connection portion to fasten the coupling element to the metal tank.
Claims19
A filling device for a metal tank, the filling device comprising:
- a filler pipe composed of a polymer;
- and
- a coupling element composed of a metal to connect the filler pipe to the metal tank, the coupling element having a first connection portion upon which the filler pipe is shrink-fitted and a second connection portion to fasten the coupling element to the metal tank.
A tank device comprising:
- a tank composed of a metal, and which has a tank connector pipe;
- a filling device including a filler pipe composed of a polymer, and a coupling element composed of a metal to connect the filler pipe to the metal tank, the coupling element having a first connection portion upon which the filler pipe is shrink-fitted and a second connection portion to fasten the coupling element to the tank connector pipe.
A method of producing a filling device, the method comprising:
- providing the filling device having a filler pipe composed of a polymer, and a coupling element composed of a metal to connect the filler pipe to the metal tank, the coupling element having a first connection portion upon which the filler pipe is shrink-fitted and a second connection portion to fasten the coupling element to the tank connector pipe;
- heating the filler pipe is produced by heating;
- and
- pressing the coupling element into the filler pipe while the filler pipe is heated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.