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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Dominique Madoux, Rumes, FR;
Stephane Leonard, Brussels, BE;
Jules-joseph Van Schaftingen, Wavre, BE;
Dominique Madoux, Rumes, FR;
Stephane Leonard, Brussels, BE;
Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Wavre, BE;
Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research, Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A tank for storing an internal combustion engine exhaust gas liquid additive, the tank including a wall defining an internal volume, an electrical component located in the internal volume, and at least one electric cable configured to connect the electrical component to a voltage source outside the tank, at least one portion of the electric cable being inserted into an intermediate part connected to a base plate mounted over an opening in the wall, the base plate incorporating a casing mounted leaktight around an orifice in the base plate. The intermediate part is fastened by a quick-connect coupling including an electrical connector to which the electric cable is connected leaktight with aid of a seal and that emerges from the orifice in the base plate to outside the tank. The seal is inserted between the intermediate part and the connector and/or into a housing of the intermediate part.