US 12,291,270 B2
Container arrangement for a vehicle
Thomas Hanisch, Dollnstein (DE); Silke Rudolph, Wellheim (DE); and Carsten Bär, Ingolstadt (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/253,797
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/069992
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/243638, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 215 948.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0261196 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 21/16 (2006.01); B60K 15/077 (2006.01); B62D 21/17 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/16 (2013.01) [B60K 15/077 (2013.01); B62D 21/17 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a container which is arranged in a closed cavity of a vehicle body structure, wherein a wall of the closed cavity is formed by the vehicle body structure; and
at least one mechanical interface having a container-side first attachment part integrated at a point of the container and a body-side second attachment part provided on a wall of the vehicle body structure that delimits the closed cavity as a counterpart to the container-side first attachment part, the container only touches the vehicle body structure at the at least one mechanical interface, wherein the container-side first attachment part comprises a first fluid duct that is configured to fill the container and a second fluid duct that is configured to empty the container, a material configured to expand by temperature action is located in a circumferential gap between a shell of the container and a wall of the closed cavity formed by the vehicle body structure.