Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank
- Patent Title (中): 塑料油箱制造工艺
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Application No.: US12680329Application Date: 2008-09-01
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Publication No.: US08372331B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Frédéric Jannot , Bjorn Criel , Pierre-François Tardy , Pierric Besnard , Stéphane Galliot
- Applicant: Frédéric Jannot , Bjorn Criel , Pierre-François Tardy , Pierric Besnard , Stéphane Galliot
- Applicant Address: BE Brussels
- Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (S.A.)
- Current Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (S.A.)
- Current Assignee Address: BE Brussels
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: FR0757991 20071002
- International Application: PCT/EP2008/061510 WO 20080901
- International Announcement: WO2009/043660 WO 20090409
- Main IPC: B29C45/14
- IPC: B29C45/14

Abstract:
Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank equipped with an internal line by molding a parison using a mold comprising two cavities and a core, comprising the following steps: introducing the parison into the mold cavities; introducing the core inside the parison, said core having first been fitted with the line; closing the mold so that the cavities come into leaktight contact with the core; pressing the parison against the cavities by blowing through the core and/or applying a vacuum behind the cavities; fastening the line to the parison over at least two points using a device attached to the core; opening the mold to withdraw the core; and carrying out the final molding of the parison by blow molding and/or thermoforming, in which the line comprises, between its fastening points, a free length that is capable of coming into contact with the parison and/or with an accessory found thereon when the mold is closed, and wherein during the fastening step, at least one intermediate fastening point is created using a device attached to the core.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110068515A1 Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank Public/Granted day:2011-03-24
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