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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2002
Eric Firtion, Villers sur Coudun, FR;
Patrice Baudoux, Flavy le Martel, FR;
Alexis Rosseel, Suwon, KR;
Eric Firtion, Villers sur Coudun, FR;
Patrice Baudoux, Flavy le Martel, FR;
Alexis Rosseel, Suwon, KR;
Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme), Brussels, BE;
Abstract
An assembly of two components configured to be in contact with hydrocarbons, and a fuel tank including the assembly. The assembly includes a casing or a retaining member fastened to the casing, each of the two components including at least one fastening part configured to interact, and at least one of the components being made from a material configured to swell through action of the hydrocarbons, thus reinforcing retention of the components on one another. A method for manufacturing such a tank includes assembling the two components in the absence of fuel, and then bringing the two components into contact with the fuel.