Method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank with improved creep strength

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9764507
APP PUB NO 20170001361A1
SERIAL NO

15269473

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A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.

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  • INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME)

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Criel, Bjorn Merelbeke, BE 88 469
Ferracin, Thierry Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, BE 6 28
Jannot, Frederic Bousval, BE 23 104
Leonard, Stephane Brussels, BE 46 335

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