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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:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Thomas Short, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 2/200 ; B29D 2/300 ; B32B 1/08 ; B60P 3/00 ; B62D 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 2/200 ; B29D 2/300 ; B32B 1/08 ; B60P 3/00 ; B62D 3/300 ;
Abstract
A fuel permeation barrier fuel tank for a vehicle includes a tank shell having a wall formed from a plurality of layers. The layers include at least an inner layer, an outer layer, a fuel permeation barrier layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, and a thermoformable layer disposed adjacent the outer layer to improve permeation resistance and protection against radiant environmental heating of the fuel tank.