Inergy Automotive Systems Research (societe Anonyme)

Inergy Automotive Systems Research (s.a.)

Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research

Inergy Automotive Systems Research

Frédéric Jannot

Bjorn Criel

Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen

Stephane Leonard

Joel Op De Beeck

Volodia Naydenov

Vincent Potier

Jean-Claude Habumuremyi

Franck Dhaussy

James Edward Thompson

Stéphane Leonard

Laurent Etorre

Ralph Pohlmann

Hervé Lemoine

Barbara Mabed

Thierry Ferracin

Ignacio Garcia-Lorenzana

Jean-Baptiste Gouriet

Pierric Besnard

Pierre-François Tardy

Romain Herdier

Josh Butler

Thomas Eltzer

Stéphane Galliot

Philippe Martin

A rotary pump can pump a liquid for pollution control of exhaust gases in a system on board a vehicle and can include a rotor and a stator that are positioned in a casing. The casing can include a wall delimiting a main internal volume and an integral outlet pipe for the pump. A pressure sensor can be positioned within the main internal volume of the casing.

Rotary pump for a vehicle

A flange () for holding a quantity of fluid within a tank, such flange being equipped with a heating element comprising at least one resistive wire () for conducting an electrical current and dissipating heat as an effect of said current, wherein the heating element further comprises guiding means (), and wherein the at least one resistive wire () is guided at a plurality of separate locations along its length by the guiding means () to form a heating surface, wherein a first part of the heating surface is present inside the flange () and a second part of the heating surface is present outside the flange ().

Flange equipped with a heating element

Method for fastening an accessory to a wall of a plastic fuel tank, this fastening taking place by snap-riveting using a tool at the same time as the tank is manufactured by molding, the accessory being, for this purpose, provided at at least one of its fastening points with an orifice through which the snap-riveting is carried out. According to the invention, a concave relief at least partially surrounds this orifice, the relief having a size and shape suitable for being able to cooperate with an excrescence of the tool during the snap-riveting.

Method for fastening an accessory to a plastic fuel tank

Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank equipped with an internal line by molding a parison using a mold comprising two cavities and a core, comprising the following steps: introducing the parison into the mold cavities; introducing the core inside the parison, said core having first been fitted with the line; closing the mold so that the cavities come into leaktight contact with the core; pressing the parison against the cavities by blowing through the core and/or applying a vacuum behind the cavities; fastening the line to the parison over at least two points using a device attached to the core; opening the mold to withdraw the core; and carrying out the final molding of the parison by blow molding and/or thermoforming, in which the line comprises, between its fastening points, a free length that is capable of coming into contact with the parison and/or with an accessory found thereon when the mold is closed, and wherein during the fastening step, at least one intermediate fastening point is created using a device attached to the core.

Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank

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Bousval, Belgium

Frédéric Jannot