Molded tanks formed of multiple materials
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsAdrian CARPINISAN, Toni A. ROSA
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Abstract
A method of forming a molded tank configured to hold fluid in a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes providing a tank shell having a first material and creating a composite shell using a skeleton structure having a second material onto the tank shell, the second material different than the first material. The second material has a maximum operating temperature that is greater than a maximum operating temperature of the first material. Other examples methods of forming molded tanks and tanks configured to hold fluid in vehicles are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method of forming a molded tank, the molded tank configured to hold fluid in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a tank shell having a first material;
- and
- creating a composite shell using a skeleton structure having a second material onto the tank shell, the second material different than the first material;
- wherein the second material has a maximum operating temperature that is greater than a maximum operating temperature of the first material.
A tank configured to hold fluid in a vehicle, the tank comprising:
- a tank shell including an interior side and an exterior side opposing the interior side, the tank shell defining a reservoir configured to hold fluid in the vehicle;
- and
- a skeleton structure overmolded onto the tank shell;
- wherein the tank shell is formed of a first material and the skeleton structure is formed of a second material different than the first material, and wherein the second material has a maximum operating temperature that is greater than a maximum operating temperature of the first material.
A method of forming a molded tank, the molded tank configured to hold fluid in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a tank shell having high-density polyethylene;
- and
- molding a skeleton structure having polybutylene terephthalate or nylon onto an interior side or an exterior side of the tank shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.