Stiffening assembly for a fuel tank

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10703194
APP PUB NO 20160214477A1
SERIAL NO

15004393

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A tank assembly and a stiffening assembly include first and second inserts and an elongate coupler. The inserts comprise a base having flange, a head, and a neck. The elongate body has first and second couplers at respective first and second ends of the body, each coupler including a pocket sized to receive the head of a respective one of the inserts. The related method include forming a fuel tank such that the tank wall carries at least a first and second insert, locating a rigid connector within the tank interior aligned with the first and second inserts, the connector including a first coupler and a second coupler, and coupling at least a portion of the first insert with the first coupler and at least a portion of the second insert with the second coupler to limit movement of the two wall portions relative to each other.

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TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH31 LOCKFELD STREET RASTADT GERMANY RASTATT BADEN-WURTTEMBERG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boecker, Albert J Ettlingen, DE 24 34
Chehade, Ahmad Karlsruhe, DE 6 5
Ehler, Alex Rastatt, DE 22 54
Gmuend, Patrick Karlsruhe, DE 11 26
Grauer, Peter Steinweiler, DE 32 111
Haouala, Moez Karlsruhe, DE 7 17
Michaelis, Gerrit A Friesenheim, DE 9 20
Olbrich, Matthias B Rastatt, DE 19 43

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