A protective device is supported on a cylindrical fuel tank of a highway truck tractor. The protective device includes i) a side wall member in the form of a flexible sheet for extending partway about a circumference of the fuel tank and partway along a length of the fuel tank, and ii) a pair of end caps for covering opposing ends of the fuel tank. Each end cap includes a circular end portion for spanning an end face of the fuel tank and a side wall portion for extending at least partway about a circumference of a cylindrical side wall of the fuel tank. The side wall portions of the two end caps abut opposing ends of the side wall member at a location corresponding to the location of mounting straps which support the tank on the truck tractor such that the seams are concealed by the mounting straps.
VEHICULAR FUEL TANK PROTECTIVE DEVICE
DISPOSITIF DE PROTECTION DE RESERVOIR DE CARBURANT POUR VEHICULE
2017-12-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |