Fluid containers and components thereof
AssigneePACCAR Inc
InventorMartha-Ann Fellman
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Abstract
A fluid container includes a tank, a magnetic ring, and an adaptor coupled to the tank via an o-ring seal. The magnetic ring includes two half-ring portions that, when assembled, form a full magnetic ring. The fluid container can be used to store DEF or other fluids. Assembling the fluid container includes positioning the magnetic ring within a groove formed in an outer surface of a conduit of the tank, and threading the adaptor onto the conduit to lock the magnetic ring in place.
Claims20
A diesel exhaust fluid container, comprising:
- a tank having an interior, a wall that separates the interior from an external environment, and a conduit that extends through the wall from a first side of the wall to a second side of the wall, wherein the conduit has an outer surface and a groove that extends circumferentially around the outer surface;
- a magnetic ring positioned within the groove;
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- an adaptor threaded onto the conduit, wherein the magnetic ring is locked within the groove by the adaptor.
A diesel exhaust fluid container, comprising:
- a tank having an interior, a wall that separates the interior from an external environment, and a conduit that extends through the wall from a first side of the wall to a second side of the wall, wherein the conduit has an outer surface;
- a magnetic ring in direct physical contact with the outer surface of the conduit;
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- an adaptor threaded onto the conduit, wherein the magnetic ring is held in direct physical contact with the outer surface of the conduit by the adaptor.
A fluid port for a diesel exhaust fluid container, consisting of:
- a conduit that extends through a tank wall from a first side of the tank wall to a second side of the tank wall, wherein the conduit has an outer surface;
- a magnetic ring mounted on the outer surface of the conduit, wherein the magnetic ring includes a first half ring and a second half ring;
- an adaptor threaded onto the conduit;
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- an o-ring that seals the adaptor to the conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.