A transfer fuel tank is provided. The transfer fuel tank includes a tank body having an inner volume and a fill tube coupled to a top surface of the tank body. The transfer fuel tank additionally includes at least one baffle support extending from a side of the tank body into the inner volume of the tank body, a pickup tube support formed in a bottom surface of the tank body, and a strengthening channel formed in the top surface of the tank body. The strengthening channel is sized and shaped to receive a pipe fitting for a transfer pump, wherein the strengthening channel runs alongside the fitting and the pump to provide rigidity to this area of the tank body to support the transfer pump.
TRANSFER FUEL TANK
2025-06-19
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 / F02M Zuführen von Brennstoff-Luft-Gemischen oder deren Bestandteilen bei Brennkraftmaschinen allgemein , SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF |
Buffer tank and automobile fuel transfer system comprising buffer tank
European Patent Office | 2016
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