Patent ID: 6176260
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
A fuel tank for a motor vehicle, comprisinga fuel tank body having a wall defining the fuel tank body, the wall having a closable opening therethrough,a reservoir having first and second ends and a boundary wall and being of smaller size than the tank body and disposed therein and inserted into the tank body through the opening in the wall thereof,means connecting the reservoir to the tank body, andfirm components delimiting the reservoir at its first and second ends,the reservoir being deformable at least at portions of the boundary wall thereof in such a way that after the reservoir has been at least partially introduced into the tank body the reservoir experiences a change in shape resulting in an increase in its volume within the tank body and a change in its cross-section such that the largest cross-section of the reservoir in its operative position is larger than the cross-section of the opening in the tank body wall available for insertion of the reservoir, and the deformable wall portions of the reservoir being between components at the ends of the reservoir.