Fuel tank component with weldable connector
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsAnalis R. Quintman, Lori L. Stephens
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Abstract
A fuel tank component has a weldable connector that is connected to a housing via a secure chemical bond. The connector and the housing are modified so that they bond to each other. The interface between the connector and the housing may be stepped to increase its surface area and thereby increase the strength of the chemical bond. The chemical bond in the inventive valve eliminates the need to include complex interlocking geometries in either the connector or the housing and reduces the complexity of the tooling needed to mold the component.
Claims13
A fuel tank component for attachment to a polymeric fuel tank, comprising:
- a housing made of a first polymer that is not weldable to the fuel tank, wherein the first polymer is a barrier to hydrocarbon permeation;
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- a connector made of a second polymer that is weldable to the polymeric fuel tank, wherein the connector is connected to the housing via a chemically-bonded adhesive interface with no mechanical interlocking,
- wherein at least one of the first polymer and the second polymer are electrically conductive.
A fuel tank component for attachment to a polymeric fuel tank, comprising:
- a housing made of a first polymer that is not weldable to the fuel tank, wherein the first polymer is a barrier to hydrocarbon permeation and is a polyamide resin having a terminal amino group concentration greater than a terminal carboxyl group concentration;
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- a connector made of a second polymer that is weldable to the polymeric fuel tank and that is formulated to chemically bond with the first polymer, wherein the connector is connected to the housing via a chemically-bonded adhesive interface with no mechanical interlocking,
- wherein at least one of the first polymer and the second polymer is electrically conductive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.