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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Zapp, Dortmund, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/300 ; F16L 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/300 ; F16L 3/100 ;
Abstract
In the case of a fuel tank for a motor vehicle, a filling pipe ( ), which is welded to a tank chamber ( ), has a section ( ) provided for the separation. The section ( ) provided for the separation is adjoined by regions for the attachment of a connecting part. This enables the tank chamber ( ) to be taken out of the motor vehicle and to be subsequently refitted without removing the entire filling pipe ( ).