Truck with a Vessel Mount Structure for Suspending a Pressurized Fuel Tank
AssigneeDAF Trucks N.V.
InventorsAlbertus Clemens Maria VAN DER KNAAP, Josephus Cornelis Maria SCHELLEKENS, Bernardus Johannes Maria WEIJENBORG, Zoltán PIROS
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Abstract
A truck comprising a vessel mount structure providing at least one neck mount that suspends an elongated pressure vessel to the chassis. A support arm is coupled to the or each neck mount by a deformable coupling arrangement comprising one or more guide arms arranged for guiding a movement of the neck mount along a guided path that is bounded by an end stop provided on the chassis. The end stop comprises a convex contact surface for abutting a cylindrical body of the elongated pressure vessel in case of an impact.
Claims15
A truck, comprising a vessel mount structure extending from a chassis of the truck, the vessel mount structure providing at least one neck mount that is mounted to an axial end of an elongated pressure vessel for thereby suspending the elongated pressure vessel to the chassis, wherein a support arm extends laterally from the or each neck mount towards the chassis, wherein the or each support arm is coupled to the respective neck mount by a coupling arrangement, wherein at least one of said coupling arrangements is deformable in the lateral direction towards the vehicle, wherein the at least one deformable coupling arrangement comprises one or more guide members arranged for guiding a movement of the neck mount relative to the support arm on a guided path that is bounded by an end stop, wherein the end stop is provided on the chassis and spaced from the elongated pressure vessel, wherein the end stop comprises a convex contact surface that is curved in a downward direction and arranged for abutting a cylindrical body of the elongated pressure vessel, in case of an impact on the elongated pressure vessel.
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