Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
  • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
  • B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
  • B60S1/46—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices using liquid; Windscreen washers
  • B60S1/48—Liquid supply therefor
  • B60S1/50—Arrangement of reservoir
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C65/00—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C65/02—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C66/00—General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
  • B29C66/01—General aspects dealing with the joint area or with the area to be joined
  • B29C66/05—Particular design of joint configurations
  • B29C66/10—Particular design of joint configurations particular design of the joint cross-sections
  • B29C66/13—Single flanged joints; Fin-type joints; Single hem joints; Edge joints; Interpenetrating fingered joints; Other specific particular designs of joint cross-sections not provided for in groups B29C66/11 - B29C66/12
  • B29C66/131—Single flanged joints, i.e. one of the parts to be joined being rigid and flanged in the joint area
  • B29C66/1312—Single flange to flange joints, the parts to be joined being rigid
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C66/00—General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
  • B29C66/50—General aspects of joining tubular articles; General aspects of joining long products, i.e. bars or profiled elements; General aspects of joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars; General aspects of joining several hollow-preforms to form hollow or tubular articles
  • B29C66/51—Joining tubular articles, profiled elements or bars; Joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars; Joining several hollow-preforms to form hollow or tubular articles
  • B29C66/54—Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-shells, to form hollow articles, e.g. for making balls, containers; Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-cylinders, to form tubular articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C66/00—General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
  • B29C66/50—General aspects of joining tubular articles; General aspects of joining long products, i.e. bars or profiled elements; General aspects of joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars; General aspects of joining several hollow-preforms to form hollow or tubular articles
  • B29C66/51—Joining tubular articles, profiled elements or bars; Joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars; Joining several hollow-preforms to form hollow or tubular articles
  • B29C66/54—Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-shells, to form hollow articles, e.g. for making balls, containers; Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-cylinders, to form tubular articles
  • B29C66/543—Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-shells, to form hollow articles, e.g. for making balls, containers; Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-cylinders, to form tubular articles joining more than two hollow-preforms to form said hollow articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C66/00—General aspects of processes or apparatus for joining preformed parts
  • B29C66/50—General aspects of joining tubular articles; General aspects of joining long products, i.e. bars or profiled elements; General aspects of joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars; General aspects of joining several hollow-preforms to form hollow or tubular articles
  • B29C66/51—Joining tubular articles, profiled elements or bars; Joining single elements to tubular articles, hollow articles or bars; Joining several hollow-preforms to form hollow or tubular articles
  • B29C66/54—Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-shells, to form hollow articles, e.g. for making balls, containers; Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-cylinders, to form tubular articles
  • B29C66/545—Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-shells, to form hollow articles, e.g. for making balls, containers; Joining several hollow-preforms, e.g. half-cylinders, to form tubular articles one hollow-preform being placed inside the other
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
  • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
  • B60K15/03177—Fuel tanks made of non-metallic material, e.g. plastics, or of a combination of non-metallic and metallic material
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
  • B29L2024/00—Articles with hollow walls
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
  • B29L2031/00—Other particular articles
  • B29L2031/712—Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages
  • B29L2031/7172—Fuel tanks, jerry cans

Definitions

• the invention relates to an arrangement of containers for storing liquids intended for assembly in a motor vehicle, the containers each having a wall with shell parts made of plastic by injection molding and welded to one another and each having a connection for refilling the liquids.
• Such arrangements of containers are frequently used in today's motor vehicles, for example for a window cleaning system or for a fuel tank, and are therefore known.
• the various containers are used, for example, to store different cleaning fluids or for fuel and two-stroke oil.
• the production of the containers from shell parts manufactured by injection molding has the advantage that the containers can be easily adapted to the space available in the body of the motor vehicle and that they have a high degree of stability.
• a disadvantage of the known arrangement is that the containers are complex to manufacture and assemble in the motor vehicle.
• the invention is based on the problem of designing an arrangement of containers of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that they can be produced particularly cost-effectively and are easy to assemble in the motor vehicle.
• This problem is solved according to the invention in that one of the shell parts is designed to delimit several containers.
• two containers can be provided with a common shell part and thus designed as a structural unit. Subsequently, several containers can be easily installed in the motor vehicle in one operation.
• fuel and water can be stored in a common structural unit of two containers. This is advantageous, for example, in vehicles with fuel cells, since they require two or more containers for the fuel supply.
• one of the containers is used, for example, for storing fuel, another container for storing water and a third container for storing a fuel-water mixture. If the liquids are to be mixed in the containers, only very short lines or valves inserted into the shell parts are required.
• the shell parts are each made of plastic by injection molding, they can also be provided in one piece with stiffening struts or beads to increase stability and common fastening means. Therefore, arrangements with very large containers can be provided with a common shell part. As a result, the arrangement according to the invention is particularly cost-effective. Filter material such as activated carbon can also be filled into one of the containers.
• two containers can be produced from a total of two shell parts if one of the shell parts is made in one piece with at least one partial region of a wall arranged in its central region and if the wall is welded liquid-tight to form a further container part.
• This arrangement according to the invention requires fewer shell parts and thus fewer tools than the known one, so that their manufacture is particularly inexpensive.
• the shell parts can also have several walls to form several containers.
• a particularly large number of containers can be produced with two shell parts if one of the shell parts is designed to be wavy in a longitudinal section.
• the arrangement according to the invention is structurally particularly simple if one of the shell parts is flanged to the shell parts of another container to produce a container.
• a second container can be easily arranged within a first container if the shell parts carry spacers for fastening a second container.
• This design also reduces the outward penetration of flow and gushing noises from the inner container. Furthermore, this design reduces emission of fuel vapors from the inner container.
• the tool costs for the shell parts are further reduced if the connections for refilling the containers are arranged on a common shell part.
• This shows in 1 shows an arrangement according to the invention with three containers in longitudinal section,
• FIG. 2 shows a further embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention in a sectional illustration
• Figure 3 shows an inventive arrangement of a double-walled container.
• FIG. 1 shows an arrangement according to the invention with three containers 1-3.
• the containers 1-3 each have a connection 4 for filling, for example, a liquid and two common shell parts 5, 6 made of plastic by injection molding.
• the shell parts 5, 6 point to their Contact points each liquid-tight welds 7-10. These welds 7-10 can be produced, for example, by melting the surfaces of the shell parts 5, 6 intended for welding and then pressing the shell parts 5, 6 together.
• the shell parts 5, 6 each have a flange 11, 12.
• the lower shell part 5 has fastening tabs 13 for mounting the arrangement in a motor vehicle.
• the upper shell part 6 has two vertical walls 14 for separating the containers 1-3.
• the lower shell part 5 is wave-shaped and has stabilizing struts 15 on its outside.
• FIG. 2 shows a further embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention with three containers 16-18.
• One of the containers 17 has particularly large dimensions and is composed of two shell parts 19, 20 welded together.
• the other two containers 16, 18 ha ben each have on the outside and on the inside of the shell parts 19, 20 of the first container 17 flanged shell parts 21, 22nd
• FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention with two mutually enclosing containers 23, 24.
• Each of the containers 23, 24 has two shell parts 25 - 28 welded together.
• the shell parts 25, 26 of the outer container 23 have a plurality of spacers 29 on their inner sides for holding the inner container 24.

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• Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
• Transportation (AREA)
• Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
• Cooling, Air Intake And Gas Exhaust, And Fuel Tank Arrangements In Propulsion Units (AREA)
• Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
• Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)

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