US 12,227,067 B2
Method for assembling a tank assembly for a vehicle
Landvik Sondre, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/783,055
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084665
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/115588, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014147 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 15/07 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/07 (2013.01) [B60K 15/03006 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03032 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03151 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for assembling a tank assembly for a vehicle, the tank assembly comprising:
a plurality of tanks comprising:
a plurality of tank subsets comprising:
a first tank subset, and
a second tank subset,
wherein the first and the second tank subsets are adapted to be adjacent in the tank assembly,
the method comprising:
connecting a first side of a first intermediate bracket assembly to a second side of the first tank subset after connecting a first side bracket assembly to a first side of the first tank subset,
wherein the first intermediate bracket assembly comprises a second side adapted to be connected to a first side of the second tank subset,
wherein the first side bracket assembly and the first intermediate bracket assembly are located on opposite sides of the first tank subset, and
attaching the first side bracket assembly to the first intermediate bracket assembly before the second tank subset is connected to the second side of the first intermediate bracket assembly.