Fuel tank for a heavy vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Lastvagnar AB
InventorMagnus Gollungberg
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Abstract
The invention relates to a fuel tank (1) for heavy vehicles, said fuel tank being adapted for mounting to a vehicle frame (2) by means of at least one supporting bracket (3) which discloses a partly circular contact surface (4) against said fuel tank, wherein the tank (1) comprises two end gable sections (5, 6) and an essentially cylindrical casing section (7) which extends between said end gable sections. The invention is in particular characterized in that the fuel tank (1) comprises a first section (8) which is partly circular and faces towards the vehicle frame (2) and is adapted for bearing against said partly circular contact surface (4) on the supporting bracket (3), and a second section (9) which is essentially rectangular and faces away from the vehicle frame (2).
Claims6
A fuel tank assembly for heavy vehicles, including a fuel tank being adapted for mounting to a vehicle frame by means of at least one supporting bracket which defines a partly circular contact surface against said fuel tank, wherein the tank comprises two end gable sections and an essentially cylindrical casing section which extends between said end gable sections, wherein the fuel tank comprises a first section which is partly circular and faces towards the vehicle frame and is adapted for bearing against said partly circular contact surface on the supporting bracket, and a second section which is essentially rectangular and faces away from the vehicle frame, and wherein said partly circular section of said tank is semicircular which cooperates with said partly circular section of said supporting bracket.
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