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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian Aitken, Livonia, MI (US);
Mark Bunge, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/05 (2006.01); B29C 51/26 (2006.01); B29C 49/20 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 51/267 (2013.01); B29C 49/20 (2013.01); B60K 15/03006 (2013.01); B60K 15/03177 (2013.01); B29C 2049/206 (2013.01); B29C 2049/2013 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7172 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03032 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03046 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0346 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03059 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03335 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03467 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0592 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a fuel tank is described herein. The method includes subsequent to molding of a housing of a fuel tank, positioning a strut inside the housing. The method additionally includes snap-fitting a flexible projection of the strut with a corresponding flange section in a first wall of the housing, the flange section surrounding an opening in the first wall of the housing and the flexible projection including a surface overlapping an interior surface of the flange section subsequent to the snap-fitting.