Patent ID: 6578727
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B60K,B62D

Abstract:
A fuel tank assembly for a motor vehicle, the assembly comprising: a motor vehicle fuel tank with an exterior wall of a plastic material, the exterior wall having a bottom portion, a carrier for the fuel tank which conforms to at least part of the outer contour of the bottom portion of the tank, extends across the bottom portion of the tank, has an opening for receiving a finger of a coupling and is configured to be attached to an overlying body of the motor vehicle, and a coupling at least in part made of a thermoplastic material heat welded to the bottom portion of the tank and having at least one finger with an enlarged head with the finger releasably received in the opening of and snap-fitted into the carrier and releasably connected to the carrier at a location generally opposite the portion of the coupling welded to the tank.