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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2005
Bjorn Criel, Merelbeke, BE;
Jules-joseph Van Schaftingen, Wavre, BE;
Pascal DE Henau, Maleves-Ste-Marie, BE;
Bjorn Criel, Merelbeke, BE;
Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Wavre, BE;
Pascal De Henau, Maleves-Ste-Marie, BE;
Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme), Brussels, BE;
Abstract
Method for stake-fastening an accessory () into a plastic fuel tank, whereby:—the accessory () is equipped with at least one orifice () which passes right through the accessory (); —at least some of the plastic of which the wall of the tank () is made is melted; and—some of the molten plastic is forced through the orifice () of the accessory without becoming detached from the remainder of the molten plastic; —the protruding molten plastic is given an appropriate shape () to obtain a self-formed plastic rivet, and is left to solidify; the size and shape of the orifice () and/or of the solidified plastic () being such that the accessory () is mechanically fastened to the tank by at least some of the solidified plastic (), the stake-fastening of the accessory () occurring at the time of manufacture of the tank () through the moulding of a split or at least two-part parison.