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US 9,810,121 B2Granted
Engine exhaust gas additive storage system
AssigneeInergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
InventorsJules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Joel Op De Beeck, Jae Sik Choi
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Abstract
A system for storing an internal combustion engine exhaust gas liquid additive, and including a tank for storing the additive, the tank including two halve shells manufactured as two separate parts that are assembled, at least one of the shells including an active component fixed inside of it.
Claims15
A storage system for storing an internal combustion engine exhaust gas liquid additive, and comprising:
- a tank to store the additive, the tank including a lower half shell and an upper half shell that are manufactured as two separate parts and that are only assembled when at least one internal component has been inserted/positioned on at least one of the two separate parts,
- wherein the at least one internal component is a heater fixed on the lower and/or upper shell, at least one of the lower or upper shells is made by injection molding a plastic, the lower and upper shells are assembled by welding their edges together, and a support of the heater bears several portions in relief so as to increase the volume of the additive that can be thawed.
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