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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Russell R. Pearce, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel F. Cragel, Livonia, MI (US);
Kenneth J. Kuenzel, Saline, MI (US);
Inventors:
Russell R. Pearce, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel F. Cragel, Livonia, MI (US);
Kenneth J. Kuenzel, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 6/40 (2006.01); F16J 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tank connection includes a tank formed with a plastic wall having multiple thicknesses, a first thickness being substantially impervious to hydrocarbon permeation, the wall having an opening surrounded by an edge of the wall, a component secured by a weld to an outer surface of the wall, and seal substantially impervious to hydrocarbon permeation, contacting a surface of the component, and biased into elastic contact with said edge.