Patent ID: 8714390

Claim:
A container for a source of operating media for a motor vehicle, comprising: a first portion of a container and which is defined by a previously assembled metal carrying structure having an inner surface and which is further defined, at least in part, by a peripheral undercut, and which is further heated to a predetermined temperature before receiving the source of the operating media; a sinterable material introduced into the previously assembled metal carrying structure, and following the heating of the previously assembled metal carrying structure to form a plastic sintered layer formed on, and attached to, the inner surface of the previously assembled carrying structure, and the peripheral undercut of the first portion; a second portion of the container which is located adjacent to the first portion of the container, and which is defined by a metal carrying structure, and wherein the first and second portions of the container are not coupled in fluid flowing relation, one relative to the other; and a welding seam coupling the first and second portions of the container together, and wherein the welding seam is formed at a distance from the first portion of the container, and which impedes any damage to the plastic sintered layer which is borne by the first portion of the container during a welding operation.