Flexible fuel tank having electrostatic charge dissipating properties
AssigneeZodiac Aerosafety Systems
InventorsValerie Briand, Sara Filippidis, Stephanie Lacointe, Sebastien Vernay
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Abstract
A flexible fuel tank (10) has, from the inside to the outside of the tank: a single-layer or multilayer liner (2) having properties of sealing with respect to the liquid, impermeability to the vapor of said fuel, and dissipation of electrostatic charges. The liner (2) includes an inner face (2a) intended to be in contact with the fuel and an outer face (2b). An intermediate layer (3) is in contact with the outer face (2b) of the liner (2), for example a coating layer; and a textile reinforcing layer (4) is in contact with the intermediate layer (3).
Claims18
A flexible fuel tank (10) comprising, from the inside to the outside of said tank:
- a single-layer or multilayer liner (2) having properties of sealing with respect to the liquid, impermeability to the vapor of said fuel, and dissipation of electrostatic charges, said liner (2) including an inner face (2a) intended to be in contact with the fuel and an outer face (2b);
- an intermediate layer (3) in contact with the outer face (2b) of the liner (2);
- a textile reinforcing layer (4) in contact with the intermediate layer (3).
A method for producing a flexible fuel tank (10) comprising:
- positioning, on an outer wall of a mold in a shape of the tank to be manufactured, a liner (2) having properties of sealing against the liquid, impermeability to the vapor of said fuel, dissipation of electrostatic charges, said liner (2) including an inner face (2a) intended to be in contact with the fuel,
- assembling a reinforcing textile (4) on the liner (2) using an intermediate layer (3).
A method for producing a flexible fuel tank (10) comprising:
- positioning a reinforcing textile (4) on an inner wall of a mold in a shape of the tank to be manufactured,
- assembling on the reinforcing textile (4), using an intermediate layer (3), a liner (2) having properties of sealing against the liquid, impermeability to the vapor of said fuel, dissipation of the electrostatic charges, said liner (2) including an inner face (2a) intended to be in contact with the fuel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.