Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank and internal accessory
- Patent Title (中): 制造塑料油箱和内部附件的工艺
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Application No.: US13057180Application Date: 2009-08-04
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Publication No.: US08695203B2Publication Date: 2014-04-15
- Inventor: Frederic Jannot , Bjorn Criel , Barbara Mabed , Pierre-Francois Tardy , Ralph Pohlmann
- Applicant: Frederic Jannot , Bjorn Criel , Barbara Mabed , Pierre-Francois Tardy , Ralph Pohlmann
- Applicant Address: BE Brussels
- Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
- Current Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
- Current Assignee Address: BE Brussels
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: FR0855457 20080807
- International Application: PCT/EP2009/060066 WO 20090804
- International Announcement: WO2010/015615 WO 20100211
- Main IPC: B23P17/00
- IPC: B23P17/00 ; B29C43/02 ; B29C49/00 ; B29D22/00

Abstract:
Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank (FT) equipped with an internal accessory, by molding a parison using a mold comprising two cavities and a core, said process comprising the following steps: the parison is introduced into the mold cavities; the core is introduced inside the parison, the core having first been fitted with the accessory; the mold is closed so that the cavities come into leaktight contact with the core; the parison is pressed against the cavities by blowing through the core and/or applying a vacuum behind the cavities; the accessory is fastened to the parison by snap riveting using a device attached to the core; the mold is opened to withdraw the core; and the final molding of the parison is carried out by blow molding and/or thermoforming. The accessory comprises an orifice for the snap riveting and at least one protuberance which, during the fastening of the accessory by snap riveting, will at least partially melt to form a local weld which is at another location than the obtained rivet to obtain two different attachment points.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110139342A1 Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank and internal accessory Public/Granted day:2011-06-16
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