Abstract:
A motor vehicle fuel tank comprising a shell and inside the shell at least one add-on element such as a valve. Said shell presents a portion in relief and an add-on element is connected to the shell by means of an intermediate element having at least one elastically-deformable portion arranged to be connected after elastic deformation in or on said portion in relief, so as to hold the intermediate element to the shell. The add-on element is arranged to be connected to the intermediate element in such a manner as to prevent the elastically-deformable portion of the intermediate element from being subjected to inverse elastic deformation enabling it to become disengaged from said portion in relief.
Abstract:
A method of making a tank out of blown, thermoformed, or rotomolded thermoplastic material, the method comprising the following steps: making a portion in relief on the inside of the tank, said portion in relief enabling an attachment to be mounted inside the tank and defining a permanent housing for receiving at least a portion of said attachment, the portion in relief being made: either by implementing the following steps: a) placing at least one insert inside an enclosure; b) inserting the material that is to form the wall of the tank inside the enclosure; and c) forming the wall of the tank by blowing, thermoforming, or rotomolding, the insert being positioned inside the enclosure in such a manner that while the wall is being formed, it covers the insert at least in part, the insert also being of a shape that is selected in such a manner that said wall, by taking on at least part of the shape of the insert, constitutes said portion in relief; or else by mounting a mounting member on the wall of the tank.