Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stiffness reinforcement structure for fuel tank of vehicle
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Application No.: US16685293Application Date: 2019-11-15
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Publication No.: US11351858B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Bu Yeol Ryu , Tac Koon Kim , Hyun Do Jeon
- Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY , KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY,KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY,KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: KR10-2019-0059823 20190522
- Main IPC: B60K15/067
- IPC: B60K15/067 ; B60K15/03 ; F16M13/02

Abstract:
A stiffness reinforcement structure for a fuel tank of a vehicle includes: a reinforcing column having an upper opening and a lower opening, and side openings arranged at both sides of an upper end and both sides of a lower end thereof; sliders fastened to the side openings of the reinforcing column; an upper thermal bonding member inserted in the upper opening and fastened to corresponding sliders; a lower thermal bonding member inserted in the lower opening of the reinforcing column and fastened to corresponding sliders with a bottom thermally bonded to an inner side of the fuel tank; and springs wound around outer sides of the reinforcing column and the sliders and providing elastic compression force to the upper thermal bonding member and the lower thermal bonding member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200369146A1 STIFFNESS REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR FUEL TANK OF VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2020-11-26
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