Patent ID: 6691889
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60K,B60Y

Abstract:
Arrangement (1) for a fuel tank (2) for heavy vehicles, characterized in that a middle section (3) with an at least essentially identical transcurrent cross section in the horizontal direction viewed in the longitudinal direction (6), exhibits internal partitions (7, 71) extending horizontally in the longitudinal direction (6) and bulkheads (9, 91) extending across the partitions (7, 71) in the longitudinal direction (6), in that pairs of end pieces (4, 5) forming end walls exhibit essentially the same profile as the circumference of the middle section and at least parts of the cross section (12) of the middle section as end pieces (4, 5) which meet one another and a middle section (3) for welding together at the respective ends (2A, 2B) of the assembled fuel tank, and in that the partitions (13, 131, 14, 141) of the end pieces exhibit recesses (15, 16) forming connecting paths between the various formed sections (17, 171, 172, 173) in the middle section (3), in conjunction with which longitudinally extending recesses (18, 19) in the middle section (3) are provided for the purpose of receiving reinforcement (22) and for suspending the fuel tank;the end pieces (4, 5) exhibit the cross section of the entire middle section (3); wherein the longitudinally extending recesses are formed as internal hollow reinforcement ribs extending along the longitudinal extent (6) of the middle section for the purpose of accommodating an elongated reinforcing bar (24) of metal therein.