Patent ID: 7984925
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: B60K,B60Y

Abstract:
1. Liquid tank for a heavy vehicle, the tank being fastenable to a vehicle frame beam of a vehicle chassis by at least one supporting bracket having first and second shaped surfaces arranged for load bearing and locating contact against the liquid tank, the tank comprising two end face portions and a shell portion with a non-symmetrical cross-section extending there between, a first, shaped portion facing the frame beam, arranged for load bearing contact against the first shaped surface of the supporting bracket, a generally upwardly facing second, shaped portion defining, together with the first, shaped portion, a recess such that the second, shaped portion is adapted to extend, at least partially, directly, vertically below the frame beam, the second, shaped portion being arranged to locate the tank relative to the second shaped surface of the supporting bracket, and a third, substantially rectangular portion facing away from the frame beam, wherein the tank is fastenable to the bracket by at least one clamping means.