US 12,275,300 B2
Frame for a motor vehicle tank
Laurent Duez, Brussels (BE); Antoine Chaussinand, Brussels (BE); and Damien Reveillard, Brussels (BE)
Assigned to Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research, Brussels (BE)
Appl. No. 18/686,692
Filed by Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research, Brussels (BE)
PCT Filed Sep. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/074578
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 26, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/031451, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 500623 (LU), filed on Sep. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262185 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 15/077 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); B65D 88/74 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/03177 (2013.01) [B60K 15/035 (2013.01); B60K 15/077 (2013.01); B65D 88/748 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03032 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03217 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03493 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frame for a plastic tank for a motor vehicle, comprising:
means for attaching an internal reinforcing element of the plastic tank which is intended to connect two opposite walls of said plastic tank,
wherein the means for attaching the internal reinforcing element comprises a first structure configured to snap-fit at least a portion of the internal reinforcing element moved toward engagement with the first structure in a snap-fitting direction, said first structure comprising:
two bodies that are movable relative to each other, each of said two bodies being provided with a holding means configured to hold the internal reinforcing element so as to stop the internal reinforcing element from moving in a direction opposite to the snap-fitting direction, and
a stop element, separate from the two bodies, protruding in the direction opposite to the snap-fitting direction in order to provide a stop for the internal reinforcing element when said internal reinforcing element is snap-fit into place to prevent further movement of the internal reinforcing element in the snap-fitting direction,
wherein the two bodies and the stop element protrude from a rear face of the first structure in the direction opposite to the snap-fitting direction, in which first ends of the two bodies and the stop element abut the rear face of the first structure, and second ends of the two bodies and the stop element are free, the second end of the stop element being closer to the rear face of the first structure than the second ends of the two bodies, and
wherein the stop element comprises a rod.