Cover with filler neck

• US 9,186,984 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2013
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
• Original Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
• Inventors: Balzer, Steffen, Wagner, Arnd
• Primary Examiner(s): Stashick, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): LLEWELLYN, MOLLIE J
• Application Number:
  US14/132,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20140209616A1
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: 220/23.2, 220/23.4, 220/86.2, 220/562, 141/350
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/03 Fuel tanks chassis frame comprising fluid storage compartment B62D21/16 ; Details of the fuel feeding system related to the fuel tank F02M37/0076
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/04 Tank inlets B60K15/077 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/0406 Filler caps for fuel tanks
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/2066 Selective catalytic reduction [SCR]
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 37/0088 Multiple separate fuel tanks or tanks being at least partially partitioned

Abstract

A cover for a service fluid tank arrangement having a first service fluid tank and a second service fluid tank includes a housing having a housing wall through which a first opening and a second opening extend. The first opening is configured to be connected to a service fluid inlet of the first service fluid tank and the second opening is configured to be connected to a service fluid inlet of the second service fluid tank. At least one of the first opening and the second opening has a filler neck that extends from the housing wall in at least one direction and is configured as a connector for a service fluid line.

Claims

1. A cover for a service fluid tank arrangement having a first service fluid tank and a second service fluid tank, the cover comprising:

a housing through which a first opening and a second opening extend, the first opening being configured to be connected to a service fluid inlet of the first service fluid tank and the second opening being configured to be connected to a service fluid inlet of the second service fluid tank, the housing at least partially covering a main body of at least one of the service fluid tanks,

wherein at least one of the first opening and the second openings is surrounded by a filler neck that extends from a first side of the housing and, at a second, opposite side of the housing, has a connector to be configured to be connected to a service fluid line.

2. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the connector is configured as a detachable plug-in coupling or hose nozzle.

3. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the filler neck is formed integrally with the cover.

4. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover is made of plastic.

5. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the housing is a double-walled housing in which at least one cavity is formed between the walls of the double-walled housing.

6. The cover according to claim 5, wherein the at least one cavity is at least partially filled with foam.

7. A service fluid tank system, comprising:

a first service fluid tank and a second service fluid tank; and

a cover according to claim 1,

wherein the service fluid inlet of the first service fluid tank is connected to the first opening, and the service fluid inlet of the second service fluid tank is connected to the second opening.

8. The service fluid tank system according to claim 7, wherein the second side of the housing having the connector is adapted to a contour of at least one of the service fluid tanks in such a way that the cover is positively held on the at least one of the service fluid tanks.

9. The service fluid tank system according to claim 7, wherein the cover is configured in such a way that it at least partially covers the first and the second service fluid tanks and positions the first and the second service fluid tanks relative to each other.

10. The service fluid tank system according to claim 7, wherein the cover is a one-piece component.

11. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover is a one-piece component.

12. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the connector extends integrally from the second side of the housing.