公开(公告)号：US11498414B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16625204

申请日：2018-06-21

申请人： KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG

发明人： Nicolai Schumacher ,  Alexander Pechan

IPC分类号： B60K15/03 ,  F01N3/20

摘要： An operating fluid tank for a motor vehicle, in particular for storing an aqueous additive, comprising: a tank wall made of a thermoplastic material, wherein the tank wall has a top, a bottom and side walls, and the tank wall delimits a tank volume, wherein the tank volume has a height, a depth and a width; and at least one electrically operated heating device having one or more heating elements, the heating element being inserted into an outer depression of the tank wall, or into an outer recess or opening in the tank wall, or into an inner structure that is integrally formed with the tank wall and that extends into the tank volume, and said heating element extending over at least one third of the height of the tank volume and being electrically contacted outside the tank volume.