Patent ID: 6877627
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B60K

Abstract:
1. A fuel tank, comprising: a first polymeric body having a wall with an inner surface with the wall having a first mating surface; a first barrier layer adjacent to the inner surface of the first body; a second polymeric body having a wall with an inner surface and having a second mating surface adjacent to the first mating surface of the first body, the first and second bodies together defining a fuel cavity; a second barrier layer adjacent to the inner surface of the second body with at least a portion of the second barrier layer disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the first barrier layer; and at least one weld joining the first mating surface to the second mating surface and the first barrier layer to the second barrier layer at least in the area where the first and second barrier layers are adjacent to each other providing a barrier layer substantially continuously surrounding the fuel cavity.