| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 220564000 | Compartmented | 22 |
| 20090127265 | LIQUID RECEPTACLE FOR A VEHICLE - A liquid receptacle for a vehicle includes a first unit having a space for containing a liquid and a second unit which is attached to the first unit. The second unit includes a housing which housing accommodates a pump for conveying liquid out from the first unit and a filter for filtering the liquid to be conveyed. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090134175 | FUEL TANK - A fuel tank is provided that is made of a plastics material. The fuel tank includes, but is not limited to an outer tank and a swirl pot arranged in the interior thereof. The edge of the swirl pot and the opening of the fuel tank are connected positively. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090152274 | TANK ASSEMBLY - A storage device for retaining fluids is provided. The storage device includes a first container for retaining a first fluid, wherein the first container has a first end and a second end. The storage device further includes a first end container for retaining a second fluid, wherein the first end container is generally annular in shape and is at least partially received within a portion of the first end of the first container. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090152275 | VEHICLE WASHER TANK AND METHOD FOR PREPARING WASHER FLUID - A vehicle washer tank including a solid washer agent accommodated in the washer tank. The washer agent contains an undiluted washer fluid component and dissolves in water. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090188923 | UREA SOLUTION TANK ASSEMBLY - A tank for storing urea solution and a tank assembly for storing disparate fluids, such as diesel fluid and urea solution, are disclosed. The tank may further include a filler assembly and/or a sensor assembly, either of which are adapted to be connected to the tank without the use of separate fasteners, The tank assembly may include a reservoir and a sensor for automatically diverting non-conforming urea solution to the reservoir. A recess may be defined in the tank body in order to accommodate a strap for securing the tank to the frame of vehicle. The tank may include parallel sidewalls that include a projection on one and a corresponding indentation on the other in order to allow the tanks to be easily stacked during assembly. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090283530 | Non-Metallic Auxiliary Tank System for a Vehicle - An on-board auxiliary split tank system for supplying makeup water and chemical additives to a transit concrete mixing vehicle is disclosed which includes a generally cylindrical water tank designed for generally horizontal deployment having a shaped recess therein and an additive tank configured to nest in said recess of said water tank and which, when nested in said recess, generally completes said cylindrical shape. The water tank and additive tank are formed from a non-metallic material comprising a polymeric component. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100025407 | Method Of Converting Shipping Containers To Fluid Tanks - A method of constructing a moveable storage tank for the temporary storage of liquids at a fixed location, including the steps of obtaining a moveable shipping container having a bottom section, a top section, two side sections and two end pieces, and removing the end pieces to form a container housing having two end openings. The method further includes installing a shaped floor panel over the bottom section of the container housing to form a reservoir bottom, followed by installing a pair of side panels to the shaped floor panel and two side sections of the container housing to form the reservoir sidewalls. The method also includes the step of installing a pair of bulkheads to the shaped floor panel and the side panels at the two end openings to form a liquid-tight liquids reservoir that is integrated within and substantially conforms to the box-like shape of the container housing. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100025408 | TANK FOR STORING A REDUCING AGENT - The invention relates to a tank for storing a reducing agent, in particular a liquid reducing agent. The reducing agent reduces the nitrogen oxides from the waste gases of the internal combustion engine to nitrogen and water. The tank includes an external container in which an internal container is accommodated. A heating element is provided in the internal container and the liquid reducing agent can be removed by a removal device. The internal container is connected to the external container in such a way that the liquid reducing agent can flow out from the internal container into the external container. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110036847 | APPARATUS FOR SEPARATELY CONTAINING DIFFERENT FLUIDS - An apparatus for separately containing fuel and an exhaust gas treatment fluid on a vehicle, such as an SCR reductant, includes a fuel tank having a perimeter wall and at least one end wall defining an internal space for containing fuel, a portion of the perimeter wall extending beyond the at least one end wall to form a rim defining with the at least one end wall a recess, and, a second vessel for containing the reductant or other treatment fluid having a shape conforming to the recess, the second vessel being supported in the recess. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110272414 | Double Chamber Sealed Tank - A double chamber sealed tank, wherein a singular tank shell is formed so as to provide two separate, yet mutually integral, chambers, each chamber not fluidically communicating with the other. Each chamber has an opening and is provided with its own respective sealing cap. In addition, each chamber has its own respective liquid dispensing system which functions independently of the other. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120199590 | FRONT-LOADING TRASH CONTAINER WITH INTEGRATED REAR TRASH CAN DUMPING MECHANISM - The trash container includes a container body including a front wall, a rear wall, a floor, a right side wall, a left side wall and a top section defining together an interior compartment for collecting and containing trash. It also includes a trash can dumping mechanism positioned on the rear wall of the container body. The trash can dumping mechanism is provided to lift and tip a trash can to transfer trash from inside the trash can into the interior compartment of the container body. The fact that the trash can dumping mechanism is position at the rear greatly simplifies the task of emptying trash cans when the service door of a building is closer to the rear side of the trash container than the front side thereof. This feature can save time and efforts, especially in cold and/or bad weather. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120223084 | Plastic fuel tank with increased deformation stability - A plastic fuel tank comprising un upper wall, a lower wall and at least two compartments, such compartments being established by a dividing wall comprising a part of the tank upper and lower walls, this dividing wall having at least one communication means enabling free flow of liquids between at least two compartments and at least one communication means enabling free flow of vapors between at least two compartments, such communications means occupying less than 80% of the dividing wall, the at least 20% remaining of the dividing wall being constituted by at least one kiss point formed by welding together a multiplicity of contact points of the upper and lower walls. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120255957 | Portable Fluid Storage System - A portable fluid storage system for use during frac jobs or other operations requiring storage of water or other fluids. The system comprises a lower chamber and an upper chamber sized to fit within the lower chamber. A lift system, such as screw jacks or rack and pinion gears, is disposed to move the lower chamber from a collapsed position to an extended position where the upper chamber is positioned above the lower chamber. A seal is disposed to engage the upper chamber and the lower chamber when the system is in the extended position. The upper chamber, the seal, and the lower chamber form a water tight compartment when the system is in the extended position. The system is transported as a traditional frac tank with a tractor or other truck. When positioned for use, the storage system is expanded to hold twice as much fluid as a traditional tank. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130001231 | FUEL TANK - A fuel tank with an elastic partition having the same circumference and shape of the fuel tank in which the tank is divided into two chambers, a fuel chamber and an upper fuel chamber. The circumference of the upper fuel chamber is divided into individual sealed, vertically oriented small chambers. Each small chamber is equipped with a separate overpressure supply line and a separate overpressure relief line. Each small chamber is connected to a control unit. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130037551 | OIL STORAGE TANK AND CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE - An oil storage tank includes a step member, a first tank part and a second tank part. The step member has a placement face. The first tank part is disposed below the step member to support the step member. The second tank part is coupled to the first tank part and has an user face a lower face, a first side face, a second side face and a recessed section. The upper face is provided above the placement face. The first side face faces the first tank part and is connected to the upper face and the lower face. The second side face is connected to the upper face, the lower face and the first side face. The recessed section is firmed by a sloped face provided to a corner portion at which the upper face, the first side face and the second side face intersect. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130098918 | Small-scale metal tanks for high pressure storage of fluids - Small scale metal tanks for high-pressure storage of fluids having tank factors of more than 5000 meters and volumes of ten cubic inches or less featuring arrays of interconnected internal chambers having at least inner walls thinner than gage limitations allow. The chambers may be arranged as multiple internal independent vessels. Walls of chambers that are also portions of external tank walls may be arcuate on the internal and/or external surfaces, including domed. The tanks may be shaped adaptively and/or conformally to an application, including, for example, having one or more flat outer walls and/or having an annular shape. The tanks may have dual-purpose inlet/outlet conduits of may have separate inlet and outlet conduits. The tanks are made by fusion bonding etched metal foil layers patterned from slices of a CAD model of the tank. The fusion bonded foil stack may be further machined. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130105490 | Fuel Tank with Separating Membrane | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130168397 | FUEL TANK FOR VEHICLE - A fuel tank for a vehicle is formed of a tank main body in which an upper tank and a lower tank ( | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140346179 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A BOX STRUCTURE AND STRUCTURE OBTAINED BY SUCH A METHOD - A method for assembling a skin and a flange of a stiffener. The periphery of the contact between the skin and the flange of the stiffener is sealed by applying a bead of adhesive on the flange of the stiffener in contact with the skin. A first and second orifices are made in the skin. The orifices open at the interface between the skin and the flange of the stiffener. The adhesive is injected through the first orifice at the interface between the skin and the flange of the stiffener while keeping the skin in contact with the stiffener until the interface between the skin and the stiffener is completely filled with the adhesive. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150014323 | CORE STRUCTURED COMPONENTS AND CONTAINERS - A structural component with at least two side members has a support structure that includes a partition with multiple curved portions forming cells. The partition connects to the side members and extends between the side members at least partially along straight lines. The partition may extend along one or more straight lines from one side member to the other. One structural component is a container with a wall about the internal support structure. The container cells may be formed with a core structure. The core can include a permeable storage material and may be retained after formation, or may be removed. In some cases the container wall has generally planar surfaces, which may include surface undulations. Core structures are also provided for forming structural components. Formation can include casting a material about a core structure within a mold to form a partition extending between two or more sides. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150108138 | DUAL COMPARTMENT TANK - The invention concerns a tank ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150307013 | Tank Trailer Operating System - A ground-level access operating system for a tank trailer. The ground-level system includes a cleaning/washing device, a venting device, an inspection access port, and device for loading/unloading the compartments. All devices in this system are located on the side of the semi-trailer, within an operator's reach on the ground. The devices locations are meant to be reachable to ensure operator safety. The operator of the trailer can execute all work without having to reach the top of the tank. Both of venting and cleaning/washing devices have their access port on top of the tank but are hooked up at a position proximate ground level, for an easy-to-reach operation and inspection by on operator on the ground. | 10-29-2015 |
