US 11,872,880 B2
Method for producing a liquid container, liquid container for a motor vehicle, and structure for reducing sloshing sounds
Volker Treudt, Windeck (DE); and Christoph Schwenk, Mendig (DE)
Assigned to Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co. KG, Bonn (DE)
Filed by KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG, Bonn (DE)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/566,681.
Application 17/566,681 is a division of application No. 16/096,953, granted, now 11,325,464, previously published as PCT/EP2017/058298, filed on Apr. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 102016207476.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126685 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 15/077 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B29C 49/20 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/077 (2013.01) [B29C 49/20 (2013.01); B60K 15/03177 (2013.01); B29C 2049/2008 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7172 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03032 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03046 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0775 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid container (28) for a motor vehicle, comprising,
a wall (14) which delimits an interior (26) for receiving liquid (34), and
a structure (2) which is arranged in the interior (26) in order to reduce sloshing sounds, wherein
the structure (2) comprises a random arrangement of interlinked threads (4), wherein a multiplicity of the threads (4) of the structure (2) are connected at least in portions by substance bonding to at least one or more further threads (4) of the structure (2), such that a substantially monolithic structure is formed; and
the structure (2) is directly welded and/or directly glued to the wall (14).