US20060180959A1 - Method of coupling a component to a fuel fill tube - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to blow-molding methods, and particularly to methods of coupling a component to an element formed in a blow mold. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to formation of a fuel tank filler neck using a blow-molding process.
- a component such as an inlet cup or inlet check valve is mated and bonded to a parison while the parison is located in a closed blow mold.
- the parison is formed in the blow mold to define a fuel tank filler neck in an illustrative embodiment.
- a vacuum is used to draw a hot parison into a mold cavity and inflation air is blown into a central passageway formed in the hot parison to inflate the parison in the mold cavity.
- a first filler neck component e.g., an inlet cup
- a first filler neck component is mated to a first end of the hot parison in the mold cavity to melt a portion of the first filler neck component and bond the first filler neck component to the first end of the hot parison.
- a second filler neck component (e.g., an inlet check valve) is mated to a second end of the hot parison in the mold cavity to melt a portion of the second filler neck component and bond the second filler neck component to the second end of the hot parison.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fuel tank coupled to a tank filler neck including an inlet cup and closure cap at an outer end of the filler neck and an inlet check valve at an inner end of the filler neck;
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a “closed” blow mold in accordance with the present disclosure and showing an extruded uninflated parison located in a mold cavity formed between first and second mold dies and showing an inlet cup arranged to be mated with an upper end of the parison and an inlet check valve arranged to be mated with a lower end of the parison;
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 after “inflation air” has been blown into the closed blow mold to inflate the parison deployed in the mold cavity and showing the inlet cup after it has been mated with the upper end of the inflated parison and the inlet check valve after it has been mated with the lower end of the inflated parison;
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a fixture moving toward the closed blow mold and carrying an inlet cup to be mated with an upper end of the inflated parison located in the closed blow mold;
- FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 showing the inlet cup mated to the parison before withdrawal of the fixture from the inlet cup and from the closed blow mold;
- FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIGS. 4 and 5 of another embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure wherein a vacuum is used to draw a parison to mate with an inlet cup positioned as an “insert” in a mold.
- a vehicle fuel system 10 comprises a fuel tank 12 , a filler neck 14 having a lower end 16 coupled to fuel tank 12 and an upper end 18 , and a removable closure cap 20 coupled to upper end 18 of filler neck 14 to close an open mouth 22 formed in the upper end of filler neck 14 as shown, for example, in FIG. 1 .
- Vehicle fuel system 10 also comprises an inlet check valve 24 and an inlet cup 26 coupled to filler neck 14 as filler neck 14 is formed in a blow mold 28 using methods disclosed herein as suggested, for example, in FIGS. 2 and 3 .
- Inlet check valve 24 is configured to lie in a fuel-conducting passageway 15 formed in filler neck 14 and regulate flow of liquid fuel and fuel vapor therethrough.
- inlet check valve 24 includes a “one-way” valve member 30 that is slidable between a passageway-closing position shown in FIG. 1 and a passageway-opening position (not shown).
- a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle (not shown) contacts and moves valve member 30 inwardly against a yieldable biasing spring 32 to assume the opened position so that liquid fuel can flow past the one-way valve member 30 and into a fuel reservoir 34 provided in an interior region 36 of fuel tank 12 .
- Inlet cup 26 includes a mount 38 and a nozzle restrictor 40 coupled to mount 38 and formed to include an aperture 42 as shown, for example, in FIGS. 1 and 4 .
- Mount 38 is coupled to outer end 18 of filler neck 14 by any suitable means and is sized to receive an inner portion of closure cap 20 therein.
- Aperture 42 is sized to receive a dispensing portion of a pump nozzle (not shown) therein during tank refueling.
- a hot extruded uninflated parison 44 is drawn using a vacuum 46 through an elongated mold cavity 48 defined by first and second mold dies 51 , 52 .
- These mold dies 51 , 52 are included in blow mold 28 and are shown in a “closed” position in FIGS. 2-5 . It is within the scope of the present disclosure to apply vacuum 46 to elongated mold cavity 48 via either first opening 48 ′ or second opening 48 ′′.
- inflation air 50 is blown into a central passageway 54 formed in hot extruded parison 44 to inflate parison 44 while parison 44 is deployed in the closed mold cavity 48 .
- inflation air 50 expands the thin-walled hot-extruded parison 44 in radially outwardly extending directions to mate with half-round surfaces 151 , 152 (or any other suitable surfaces) formed in first and second mold dies 51 , 52 .
- a component such as inlet check valve 24 , inlet cup 26 , or other suitable element is mated with parison 44 as suggested in FIG. 3 to cause a portion of the component contacting the hot parison 44 to “melt” so that a bond will develop between parison 44 and the mating component as the “hot” materials comprising parison 44 and the mating component solidify as they cool.
- Means is provided for moving a component to mate with a portion of a hot parison 44 to cause a bond to be established between parison 44 and that component.
- a fixture 60 is provided to carry inlet cup 26 into open mouth 62 of the inflated, hot, extruded parison 44 and hold inlet cup 26 in open mouth 62 until the plastics material comprising mount 38 of inlet cup 26 bonds to parison 44 .
- fixture 60 is withdrawn, leaving inlet cup 26 mated with inflated parison 44 as shown, for example, in FIG. 3 .
- parison 44 is made of polyarylamide (PAA). Parison 44 could also be made of liquid crystalline polyethylene (LCP). PAA is suitable for blow-molding. LCP is a low-permeation material suitable for blow-molding. Exterior portions of mount 38 can be made of PAA, LCP, or some suitable material that bonds to PAA, LCP, or the material used to make parison 44 .
- PAA polyarylamide
- LCP liquid crystalline polyethylene
- Exterior portions of mount 38 can be made of PAA, LCP, or some suitable material that bonds to PAA, LCP, or the material used to make parison 44 .
- mount 38 of inlet cup 26 is made of polyethylene or a combination of polyethylene and acetal. It is within the scope of this disclosure to position inlet cup 26 as an insert in a mold 70 and draw a vacuum 72 using vacuum supply 74 through inlet cup 26 via openings formed in nozzle restrictor 40 to move parison 44 in direction 76 to mate inlet cup 26 to a parison in the mold as suggested diagrammatically in FIG. 6 .
- inlet cup 26 By mating and bonding a component such as inlet cup 26 to parison 44 while parison 44 is located in a closed mold 28 , secondary processes are not needed to couple an inlet cup to a filler neck after the filler neck is removed from a mold.
- Inlet cup 26 is mated and bonded to parison 44 to yield a more robust joint or union between inlet cup 26 and parison 44 .
- An o-ring seal between inlet cup 26 and filler neck 14 may or may not be needed.
- a method of coupling a component to a fuel fill tube in accordance with the present disclosure comprises the steps of providing an elongated mold cavity 48 between a first mold die 51 mated to a second mold die 52 , and using a vacuum 46 to draw a hot extruded parison 44 into elongated mold cavity 48 as suggested in FIG. 2 .
- Hot extruded parison 44 is formed to include opposite first and second ends 47 , 49 and a central passageway 54 extending therethrough between first and second ends 47 , 49 .
- the present method further comprises the steps of blowing inflation air 50 through an opening 47 ′ formed in first end 47 into central passageway 54 to inflate hot extruded parison 44 while hot extruded parison 44 is located in elongated mold cavity 48 and mating a first filler neck component 26 to first end 47 of hot extruded parison 44 after inflation of hot extruded parison 44 . It is also within the scope of the present disclosure to blow inflation air 50 through an opening 49 ′ formed in second end 49 to enlarge opening 47 ′ in first end 47 to receive first filler neck component 26 therein.
- the mating step occurs while parison material comprising hot extruded parison 44 that has been heated to a hot temperature above a melting point of component material comprising first filler neck component 26 to (1) transfer heat associated with hot extruded parison 44 to first filler neck component 26 to melt some of the component material included in first filler neck component 26 and (2) cause said some of the component material to mate with parison material in hot extruded parison 44 so that a bond develops between mating portions of hot extruded parison 44 and first filler neck component 26 as hot extruded parison 44 and first filler neck component 26 cool to anchor first filler neck component 26 to the parison 44 .
- the mating step further comprises the steps of mounting first filler neck component 26 on a fixture 60 and moving fixture 60 into central passageway 54 formed in hot extruded parison 44 through an opening 47 ′ formed in first end 47 of hot extruded parison 44 to deposit a portion of the first filler neck component 26 in the central passage to facilitate transfer of heat from parison material in hot extruded parison 44 to component material of first filler neck component 26 ′ located in central passageway 54 of hot extruded parison 44 as suggested in FIGS. 4 and 5 .
- the mating step further comprises the step of separating fixture 60 from first filler neck component 26 after parison 44 and component materials have cooled and bonded to anchor first filler neck component 26 to parison 44 .
- the using step further comprises the steps of introducing a hot extruded parison 44 into elongated mold cavity 48 through a first cavity inlet 48 ′ formed in one end of elongated mold cavity 48 while first mold die 51 is mated to second mold die 52 and applying a vacuum 46 to hot extruded parison 44 through a second cavity inlet 48 ′′ formed in an opposite end of elongated mold cavity 48 while first mold die 51 is mated to second mold die 52 to move hot extruded parison through elongated mold cavity 48 in a direction 55 toward second cavity inlet 48 ′′ as suggested in FIG. 2 .
- the applying step ends before the blowing step begins in an illustrative embodiment. Inflation air 50 is blown through first cavity inlet 48 ′ into central passageway 54 of hot extruded parison 44 .
- a second filler neck component 24 is mated to second end 49 of hot extruded parison 44 after inflation of hot extruded parison 44 as suggested in FIGS. 2 and 3 .
- This mating step occurs while parison material comprising the hot extruded parison has been heated to a hot temperature above a melting point of component material comprising second filler neck component 24 to (1) transfer heat associated with hot extruded parison 44 to second filler neck component 24 to melt some of the component material included in second filler neck component 24 and (2) cause said some of the component material to mate with parison material in hot extruded parison 44 so that a bond develops between mating portions of hot extruded parison 44 and second filler neck component 24 as hot extruded parison 44 and second filler neck component 24 cool to anchor second filler neck component 24 to parison 44 . It is within the scope of the present disclosure to blow inflation air 50 through opening 49 ′ formed in second end 49 of parison 44 to enlarge opening
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- This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/653,833, filed Feb. 17, 2005, which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
- The present disclosure relates to blow-molding methods, and particularly to methods of coupling a component to an element formed in a blow mold. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to formation of a fuel tank filler neck using a blow-molding process.
- In accordance with the present disclosure, a component such as an inlet cup or inlet check valve is mated and bonded to a parison while the parison is located in a closed blow mold. The parison is formed in the blow mold to define a fuel tank filler neck in an illustrative embodiment.
- In accordance with one illustrative method, a vacuum is used to draw a hot parison into a mold cavity and inflation air is blown into a central passageway formed in the hot parison to inflate the parison in the mold cavity. A first filler neck component (e.g., an inlet cup) is mated to a first end of the hot parison in the mold cavity to melt a portion of the first filler neck component and bond the first filler neck component to the first end of the hot parison. A second filler neck component (e.g., an inlet check valve) is mated to a second end of the hot parison in the mold cavity to melt a portion of the second filler neck component and bond the second filler neck component to the second end of the hot parison.
- Features of the present disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments exemplifying the best mode of carrying out the disclosure as presently perceived.
- The detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying figures in which:
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fuel tank coupled to a tank filler neck including an inlet cup and closure cap at an outer end of the filler neck and an inlet check valve at an inner end of the filler neck; -
FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a “closed” blow mold in accordance with the present disclosure and showing an extruded uninflated parison located in a mold cavity formed between first and second mold dies and showing an inlet cup arranged to be mated with an upper end of the parison and an inlet check valve arranged to be mated with a lower end of the parison; -
FIG. 3 is a sectional view similar toFIG. 2 after “inflation air” has been blown into the closed blow mold to inflate the parison deployed in the mold cavity and showing the inlet cup after it has been mated with the upper end of the inflated parison and the inlet check valve after it has been mated with the lower end of the inflated parison; -
FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a fixture moving toward the closed blow mold and carrying an inlet cup to be mated with an upper end of the inflated parison located in the closed blow mold; -
FIG. 5 is a view similar toFIG. 4 showing the inlet cup mated to the parison before withdrawal of the fixture from the inlet cup and from the closed blow mold; and -
FIG. 6 is a view similar toFIGS. 4 and 5 of another embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure wherein a vacuum is used to draw a parison to mate with an inlet cup positioned as an “insert” in a mold. - A
vehicle fuel system 10 comprises afuel tank 12, afiller neck 14 having alower end 16 coupled tofuel tank 12 and anupper end 18, and aremovable closure cap 20 coupled toupper end 18 offiller neck 14 to close an open mouth 22 formed in the upper end offiller neck 14 as shown, for example, inFIG. 1 .Vehicle fuel system 10 also comprises aninlet check valve 24 and aninlet cup 26 coupled tofiller neck 14 asfiller neck 14 is formed in ablow mold 28 using methods disclosed herein as suggested, for example, inFIGS. 2 and 3 . -
Inlet check valve 24 is configured to lie in a fuel-conductingpassageway 15 formed infiller neck 14 and regulate flow of liquid fuel and fuel vapor therethrough. In the illustrated embodiment,inlet check valve 24 includes a “one-way”valve member 30 that is slidable between a passageway-closing position shown inFIG. 1 and a passageway-opening position (not shown). During refueling, liquid fuel discharged into an “open”filler neck 14 by a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle (not shown) contacts and movesvalve member 30 inwardly against ayieldable biasing spring 32 to assume the opened position so that liquid fuel can flow past the one-way valve member 30 and into afuel reservoir 34 provided in aninterior region 36 offuel tank 12. Reference is made to U.S. Pat. No. 5,568,828 and application Ser. No. 10/810,982, filed Mar. 26, 2004, for disclosures relating to vehicle fuel systems and inlet check valves, which patent and application are hereby incorporated by reference herein. -
Inlet cup 26 includes amount 38 and anozzle restrictor 40 coupled tomount 38 and formed to include anaperture 42 as shown, for example, inFIGS. 1 and 4 . Mount 38 is coupled toouter end 18 offiller neck 14 by any suitable means and is sized to receive an inner portion ofclosure cap 20 therein.Aperture 42 is sized to receive a dispensing portion of a pump nozzle (not shown) therein during tank refueling. - As suggested, for example, in
FIG. 2 , a hot extrudeduninflated parison 44 is drawn using avacuum 46 through anelongated mold cavity 48 defined by first and second mold dies 51, 52. These mold dies 51, 52 are included inblow mold 28 and are shown in a “closed” position inFIGS. 2-5 . It is within the scope of the present disclosure to applyvacuum 46 toelongated mold cavity 48 via either first opening 48′ or second opening 48″. - As suggested in
FIGS. 2 and 3 ,inflation air 50 is blown into acentral passageway 54 formed in hotextruded parison 44 to inflateparison 44 whileparison 44 is deployed in the closedmold cavity 48. As suggested, for example, inFIG. 3 ,inflation air 50 expands the thin-walled hot-extrudedparison 44 in radially outwardly extending directions to mate with half-round surfaces 151, 152 (or any other suitable surfaces) formed in first and second mold dies 51, 52. Whileparison 44 is hot, a component such asinlet check valve 24,inlet cup 26, or other suitable element is mated withparison 44 as suggested inFIG. 3 to cause a portion of the component contacting thehot parison 44 to “melt” so that a bond will develop betweenparison 44 and the mating component as the “hot”materials comprising parison 44 and the mating component solidify as they cool. - Means is provided for moving a component to mate with a portion of a
hot parison 44 to cause a bond to be established betweenparison 44 and that component. As suggested, for example, inFIGS. 4 and 5 , afixture 60 is provided to carryinlet cup 26 intoopen mouth 62 of the inflated, hot, extrudedparison 44 and holdinlet cup 26 inopen mouth 62 until the plasticsmaterial comprising mount 38 ofinlet cup 26 bonds toparison 44. After cooling has been completed,fixture 60 is withdrawn, leavinginlet cup 26 mated with inflatedparison 44 as shown, for example, inFIG. 3 . - In an illustrative embodiment,
parison 44 is made of polyarylamide (PAA). Parison 44 could also be made of liquid crystalline polyethylene (LCP). PAA is suitable for blow-molding. LCP is a low-permeation material suitable for blow-molding. Exterior portions ofmount 38 can be made of PAA, LCP, or some suitable material that bonds to PAA, LCP, or the material used to makeparison 44. - In other embodiments,
mount 38 ofinlet cup 26 is made of polyethylene or a combination of polyethylene and acetal. It is within the scope of this disclosure to positioninlet cup 26 as an insert in amold 70 and draw avacuum 72 usingvacuum supply 74 throughinlet cup 26 via openings formed innozzle restrictor 40 to moveparison 44 indirection 76 to mateinlet cup 26 to a parison in the mold as suggested diagrammatically inFIG. 6 . - By mating and bonding a component such as
inlet cup 26 toparison 44 whileparison 44 is located in a closedmold 28, secondary processes are not needed to couple an inlet cup to a filler neck after the filler neck is removed from a mold.Inlet cup 26 is mated and bonded toparison 44 to yield a more robust joint or union betweeninlet cup 26 andparison 44. An o-ring seal betweeninlet cup 26 andfiller neck 14 may or may not be needed. - A method of coupling a component to a fuel fill tube in accordance with the present disclosure comprises the steps of providing an
elongated mold cavity 48 between a first mold die 51 mated to asecond mold die 52, and using avacuum 46 to draw a hot extrudedparison 44 intoelongated mold cavity 48 as suggested inFIG. 2 . Hotextruded parison 44 is formed to include opposite first andsecond ends central passageway 54 extending therethrough between first andsecond ends - The present method further comprises the steps of blowing
inflation air 50 through an opening 47′ formed infirst end 47 intocentral passageway 54 to inflate hot extrudedparison 44 while hot extrudedparison 44 is located inelongated mold cavity 48 and mating a firstfiller neck component 26 tofirst end 47 of hot extrudedparison 44 after inflation of hot extrudedparison 44. It is also within the scope of the present disclosure to blowinflation air 50 through an opening 49′ formed insecond end 49 to enlarge opening 47′ infirst end 47 to receive firstfiller neck component 26 therein. The mating step occurs while parison material comprising hotextruded parison 44 that has been heated to a hot temperature above a melting point of component material comprising firstfiller neck component 26 to (1) transfer heat associated with hot extrudedparison 44 to firstfiller neck component 26 to melt some of the component material included in firstfiller neck component 26 and (2) cause said some of the component material to mate with parison material in hotextruded parison 44 so that a bond develops between mating portions of hot extrudedparison 44 and firstfiller neck component 26 as hot extrudedparison 44 and firstfiller neck component 26 cool to anchor firstfiller neck component 26 to theparison 44. - The mating step further comprises the steps of mounting first
filler neck component 26 on afixture 60 and movingfixture 60 intocentral passageway 54 formed in hotextruded parison 44 through an opening 47′ formed infirst end 47 of hot extrudedparison 44 to deposit a portion of the firstfiller neck component 26 in the central passage to facilitate transfer of heat from parison material in hotextruded parison 44 to component material of firstfiller neck component 26′ located incentral passageway 54 of hot extrudedparison 44 as suggested inFIGS. 4 and 5 . The mating step further comprises the step of separatingfixture 60 from firstfiller neck component 26 afterparison 44 and component materials have cooled and bonded to anchor firstfiller neck component 26 toparison 44. - The using step further comprises the steps of introducing a hot extruded
parison 44 intoelongated mold cavity 48 through afirst cavity inlet 48′ formed in one end ofelongated mold cavity 48 whilefirst mold die 51 is mated tosecond mold die 52 and applying avacuum 46 to hot extrudedparison 44 through asecond cavity inlet 48″ formed in an opposite end ofelongated mold cavity 48 whilefirst mold die 51 is mated tosecond mold die 52 to move hot extruded parison throughelongated mold cavity 48 in adirection 55 towardsecond cavity inlet 48″ as suggested inFIG. 2 . The applying step ends before the blowing step begins in an illustrative embodiment.Inflation air 50 is blown throughfirst cavity inlet 48′ intocentral passageway 54 of hot extrudedparison 44. - A second
filler neck component 24 is mated tosecond end 49 of hot extrudedparison 44 after inflation of hot extrudedparison 44 as suggested inFIGS. 2 and 3 . This mating step occurs while parison material comprising the hot extruded parison has been heated to a hot temperature above a melting point of component material comprising secondfiller neck component 24 to (1) transfer heat associated with hot extrudedparison 44 to secondfiller neck component 24 to melt some of the component material included in secondfiller neck component 24 and (2) cause said some of the component material to mate with parison material in hotextruded parison 44 so that a bond develops between mating portions of hot extrudedparison 44 and secondfiller neck component 24 as hotextruded parison 44 and secondfiller neck component 24 cool to anchor secondfiller neck component 24 to parison 44. It is within the scope of the present disclosure to blowinflation air 50 through opening 49′ formed insecond end 49 ofparison 44 to enlarge opening 49′ to receive secondfiller neck component 24 therein.
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