Abstract: A vehicle reservoir tank has an anti-spill chamber and an overflow channel. The anti-spill chamber has a body portion, an inlet at one end of the body portion and an outlet at another end of body portion. The anti-spill chamber is configured and arranged to restrict fluid flowing from a main reservoir chamber. The overflow channel has a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate curved portion. The first end portion is fluidly coupled to the outlet of the anti-spill chamber. The intermediate curved portion extends from the first end portion to the second end portion such that the second end portion of the overflow channel extends downwardly relative to the first end portion. The second end portion extends along an area of the body portion of the anti-spill chamber to restrict the flow from the anti-spill chamber.

Abstract: A fuel tank is provided which suppresses wave motion on the liquid surface of fuel which occurs when a vehicle accelerates or decelerates. A front wall and/or a rear wall of the fuel tank includes a plurality of steps formed integrally therewith. The liquid surface of the fuel striking the steps is dispersed, and wave motion on the liquid surface is thereby suppressed. Since the steps are formed in the front wall and/or the rear wall of the fuel tank, the volume of the tank is not reduced.

Abstract: A liquid-holding tank for mounting on the frame of a vehicle is disclosed. The tank comprises an elongate tank body and a tank frame coupled to the elongate tank body and extending downwardly therefrom. The tank frame and the elongate tank body form a reservoir, and the tank frame is adapted to rest directly on the vehicle frame.

Abstract: A partitioning plate, that is positioned between a jet pump and a main suction, is set within a reserve cup of a fuel tank, so as to separate an interior of the reserve cup into a fuel feed-out chamber in which the main suction is disposed, and a fuel introducing chamber in which the jet pump is disposed. The partitioning plate is disposed at an incline with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction. In cases in which acceleration in any of a forward direction, a rearward direction, a leftward direction and a rightward direction of a vehicle acts on fuel within the reserve cup, some of fuel within the fuel introducing chamber flows into the fuel feed-out chamber. A fuel tank structure is provided that can reliably ensure fuel within the fuel feed-out chamber in a case in which acceleration arises at fuel within a fuel accommodating portion.

Abstract: A fuel tank that is substantially impermeable to fuel vapor has a shell with an interior for holding fuel, an opening for receiving fuel into the interior, and a fill nipple with a barrier layer. The fill nipple has an outer surface and an inner surface defining a passage extending between a pair of generally opposed ends of the fill nipple. One of the ends is attached to the shell such that the passage is aligned with the opening to allow fuel to flow through the passage and into the interior of the fuel tank. The fill nipple has an inner layer of material forming the inner surface, and an outer layer of material forming the outer surface, and has at least one intermediate layer of material forming the barrier layer. The intermediate layer is formed from a material that is different in composition from the inner and outer layers.

Abstract: A baffle unit is secured in a fuel tank with an inward protrusion. The baffle unit includes a first band plate and a second band plate attached to the first band plate. The band plates contact opposite surfaces of the protrusion. A support may be provided between the two band plates. A hole may be provided in at least one of the band plates. The second band plate may include a flexible member, elastically secured to the protrusion. The shape of at least one edge of at least one of the band plates may correspond to the shape of a surface of the fuel tank.

Abstract: A vessel has an annular upstanding wall and a bottom that together define an inner shell adapted to hold a vessel media. A baffle system is disposed in an interior of the inner shell and comprises a plurality of baffle portions each being generally an elongate planar member with a length edge and a width edge, and a tab projecting from the length edge. Each of the baffle portions is mounted to the upstanding wall at their respective tab with one of the baffle portion above the second baffle portion and a space therebetween.

Abstract: A liquid tank assembly for a motor vehicle includes a tank and an absorber assembly. The tank has an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving a liquid substance. The absorber assembly is disposed within the cavity for dampening liquid sloshing noises. The absorber assembly includes a plurality of connected dampener elements. End sections of the absorber assembly are attached to the inner surface of the tank. The absorber assembly is configured to float on a surface of the liquid when a volume of liquid within the tank is between a first critical volume and a second, lower critical volume. The absorber assembly is generally submerged when a volume of liquid within the tank is a generally greater than the first critical volume. The absorber assembly is generally suspended within the cavity when a volume of liquid within the tank is a generally lower than the second critical volume.

Abstract: An internal baffle apparatus for use within tanks, in particular flexible tanks, for liquids for dampening surges of liquid, and tanks having such baffle apparatus, wherein the baffle apparatus comprising a plurality of panel members connected along a connection line that defines an axis wherein said panel members extend radially from the axis such that each panel member is oriented in a radial plane, and each panel member having a bottom edge, a top edge portion and a remote edge opposite the axis, wherein the bottom edge of each panel includes first connector means operable for connecting the bottom edge at a plurality of connection points to the bottom wall of the tank, and the top edge portion includes second connector means located remote from the axis that are operable to connect the top edge portion to an upper part of the tank.

Abstract: A noise suppressing device attachable to a wall within a liquid container can lessen and absorb noise generated by a liquid as it moves within the container. The device has a main plate body with an upper plate surface and a lower plate surface, through holes extending through the upper and lower plate surfaces for permitting flow of the liquid from one side of the main plate body to the other side of the main plate body, and projections formed on the main plate body. Each projection has a base and a tip, and is tapered from the base to the tip. The noise suppressing device also has an attachment device for attaching the main plate body to the container wall. The device is easy to manufacture and install, and effectively suppresses liquid noise.

Abstract: A swiveling work machine includes a swivel deck mounted to be pivotable about a vertical axis and a side cover for covering one lateral side on the swivel deck, an accommodating space capable of accommodating a work machine accessory being provided inside the lateral cover. The accommodating space accommodates, as the implement accessory, a work oil tank, a fuel tank and a control valve unit. The work oil tank is disposed at a fore-and-aft intermediate portion on one lateral side on the swivel deck. The fuel tank is disposed forwardly of the work oil tank with forming a gap relative thereto. The control valve unit is disposed upwardly of the fuel tank and longitudinally along the fore/aft direction.

Abstract: Flood water removal systems including a motor, a vacuum generating device, a discharge pump, and a vacuum tank can be efficiently arranged to be transversely mounted to a vehicle. Certain flood water removal systems can include a supercharger driven by the engine to generate vacuum. The systems can include a valve to prevent collapse of a vacuum tank and maintain a predetermined vacuum pressure without varying the speed of the motor. The systems can also include a two-stage exhaust that blends exhaust from the blower with motor exhaust in a silencer to reduce noise generation for operation in residential or other noise-sensitive settings. The systems can also include a vacuum tank comprising a noise reduction baffle to further reduce noise generation.

Abstract: A surge tank comprises a liquid inlet portion designed to dissipate the energy of coolant flowing into the surge tank. Desirably, fluid is delivered into a pool of liquid in an initial chamber rather than into an air gap above a pool of liquid such that the pool of liquid assists in dissipating energy of the entering coolant. Coolant from the last of a series of initial chambers desirably exits in a manner that reduces the distance air bubbles must rise to separate from the coolant. Also, when coolant flows from one initial chamber to at least one other initial chamber, desirably the direction of flow of at least a major volume of the coolant is changed, such as by locating an outlet passage from one chamber at a lower portion thereof and the passage from a subsequent chamber at an upper portion thereof. Passageways between the various chambers may be of a progressively increasing total cross-sectional area to assist in reducing the velocity of fluid flow from one chamber to the next.

Abstract: In a fuel tank system, a strainer chamber with a suction bore opened into its upper surface is provided in a collecting recess for collecting a residual fuel containing impure foreign substances such as dust and water, the collecting recess being provided in a bottom wall of a fuel tank. A fuel discharge pipe is connected to the strainer chamber. Fuel flow passages are provided outside the strainer chamber. Baffle plates are provided in front and in the rear of and outside the strainer chamber to guide the fuel flowing into the collecting recess during tilting of the fuel tank into the fuel flow passages. Thus, the impure foreign substances are prevented from entering the strainer chamber.

Abstract: A module includes a reservoir having at least three chambers for storing compressed air for a vehicle air supply system, and a mounting assembly for supporting the reservoir on the vehicle. The chambers are separate from each other internally. The reservoir includes external connections, such as air lines or piping, for interconnecting the three chambers. The mounting assembly includes a bracket having a support surface. A bracket liner is received on the bracket between the support surface and the outer side surface of the reservoir. The reservoir may also include a purge chamber and an air dryer, as one unit, supported on the vehicle by the mounting assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides liquid surge suppressors and methods of manufacturing such surge suppressors. In one exemplary implementation of the invention, a surge suppressor includes a plurality of flexible longitudinal members, each of which is joined to the other longitudinal members at a first junction and at a second junction spaced from the first junction along a central axis. A generally planar medial disk may lie in a transverse plane substantially perpendicular to the central axis and having a generally circular central orifice. The medial disk being joined to a portion of each of the longitudinal members intermediate the first and second junctions and defining a fixed relationship between the longitudinal members.

Abstract: A vessel for the storage and transportation of bulk volumes of a fluid is described herein and a method for using same. The vessel contains a plurality of dividers that apportion the internal volume into a number of sections. The dividers within the vessel aid in minimizing sloshing of the fluid contained therein during transport. In addition, the dividers optimize the fluid flow pattern thereby allowing for the continuous purge of the vessel without the need for the application of a partial or full vacuum.

Abstract: A liquid stabilizing deflector baffle system, including a method and an apparatus, including a plurality of deflectors interconnected together to provide a baffling effect on liquid in which it is installed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a fuel container of plastic material such as a motor vehicle fuel tank, comprising one or more welded seams as seam locations for the body of the container and/or as connecting or sealing seams between the container wall in the region of openings and closure elements or covers welded thereto. At least some of the welded seams are at least partially penetrated by a duct which extends in the longitudinal direction in the seam and which can be filled with air and vented.

Abstract: In the case of a device for reducing sloshing of fuel in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, a slosh-inhibiting element is of movable design for its movement from an installation position, in which it can be fitted through an installation opening of the fuel tank, into an operational position, in which it is latched to the wall of the fuel tank. The slosh-inhibiting element can therefore be fitted in a simple manner. The fuel tank is of particularly simple construction.

Abstract: A fuel tank for motor vehicles is constructed so that the generation of noise in the fuel tank due to sloshing fuel is minimized. For this purpose, a dampener element, which is permeable to the flow of liquid fuel, is attached to the interior of the tank. According to the invention, the dampening element has a dimensionally stable lattice or similar network structure. This dampener element is attached near the bottom wall of the fuel tank and has a generally horizontal orientation.

Abstract: An improved tank design incorporates a new filler packet insert. This filler packet is formed from a sheet of foil and exhibits in its unformed shape an expanded foil center and an unexpanded denser border. All of the edges of the foil sheet are then folded inwardly and the filler insert is finally rolled and secured to produce a cylindrical packet having a dense core. Once the fuel tank is filled with these packets, the ballistic shock is dissipated by the non-homogeneous mass of the tank volume.

Abstract: A liquid stabilizing deflector baffle system, including a method and an apparatus, including a plurality of deflectors interconnected together to provide a baffling effect on liquid in which it is installed.

Abstract: In the case of a device for reducing sloshing of fuel in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, a slosh-inhibiting element is of movable design for its movement from an installation position, in which it can be fitted through an installation opening of the fuel tank, into an operational position, in which it is latched to the wall of the fuel tank. The slosh-inhibiting element can therefore be fitted in a simple manner. The fuel tank is of particularly simple construction.

Abstract: A fuel tank has a plurality of fuel system components therein and is formed by incorporating the fuel system components into the fuel tank as it is being formed. The fuel system components may be mounted on a carrier and then disposed with the carrier within a parison subsequently molded to form the fuel tank around the components and carrier. Desirably, all electrical, fuel and vapor lines may extend out of a single opening of the fuel tank to reduce openings in the formed fuel tank.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for a fuel tank for heavy vehicles. A middle section, which consists of plastic or aluminum material with an at least essentially identical transcurrent cross section in a horizontal direction viewed in the longitudinal direction, exhibits internal partitions extending horizontally in the longitudinal direction and bulkheads extending across the aforementioned partitions in the longitudinal direction. Pairs of end pieces forming end walls exhibit essentially the same profile as the circumference of the middle section and at least parts of the cross section of the partitions as end pieces which meet one another and middle sections for welding together at the respective ends of the assembled fuel tank. The partitions of the end pieces exhibit recesses forming connecting paths between the various formed sections in the middle section.

Abstract: A tank for transporting liquids is provided. The tank includes a tank vessel having an internal baffle system including an X-shaped baffle arrangement that extends through the interior of the tank vessel in the longitudinal direction. A plurality of entry hatches can be provided in the tank vessel for permitting access into the interior of the tank vessel. Each entry hatch has a removable hatch plate and is sized to allow a person to enter the tank therethrough. At least selected ones of the baffles in the tank have access openings therethrough. Each access opening has an associated pivotal baffle door that is movable between open and closed positions. The access openings are provided in the baffles such that a person can traverse through the interior of the tank between two of the entry hatches. The tank also is equipped with a variable volume system.

Abstract: A fuel tank and method of making the same having three polymeric sheet members arranged in a stacked relationship to define a first volume and a second volume. The first volume being separate from said second volume to provide a number of advantages, such as a barrier to prevent puncture, minimize vapor release, aid in cooling, define a reserve cavity, minimize fluid movement, and the like.

Abstract: A fuel tank for a motored vehicle featuring a main body portion and an oblong neck portion coupled to the main body portion. The oblong neck portion extends diagonally upward away from the main body portion. The main body portion is configured and positioned to provide a wave interference portion therein.

Abstract: A one-piece integral rotomolded hydraulic reservoir includes a plastic container body defining a container cavity for receiving hydraulic fluid. An insertable baffle is positioned in the container cavity through an access manway formed in the container body and is removable therefrom. The container body includes holding members for positioning and holding the baffle in place.

Abstract: A rotomolded hydraulic reservoir includes a plastic container body defining a container cavity for receiving hydraulic fluid and forming a filter cavity in fluid communication with the container cavity. An integral baffle extends inwardly and is formed as part of an outer wall of the container body. The baffle controls the fluid flow pattern within the container cavity to provide deaeration and homogenization to the fluid.

Abstract: A storage container for cryogenic liquids has an outer container and at least one inner container, an insulation space being situated between the outer container and the inner container or containers. The outer container and/or the inner container have devices for strengthening the container walls. The devices for strengthening the container wall of the outer container and/or of the inner container are constructed as at least one web arranged on the container wall of the outer container and/or of the inner container and/or as at least one supporting plate adapted essentially to the cross-section of the inner container.

Abstract: A tank system for a motor vehicle is provided with at least one fuel tank, at least one connection, connecting conduit, or opening which is provided in the tank wall and which is closed by a closure, or at least one passage through the tank wall or through a closure. At least one cover is gas-tightly mounted on the outside to at least one region of the tank. The cover with the tank wall defines a space which is closed off with respect to the ambient atmosphere and within which is arranged the at least one connection, connecting conduit, opening, or passage.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing vehicle instability from sloshing fuel and aiding in the structural strength of a vehicle fuel tank by using a vee-shaped baffle that is inserted into the warm fuel tank a predetermined distance and plastic welded inside the plastic fuel tank.

Abstract: A fluid storage tank that comprises a tank shell. The tank shell is fabricated from a top, a bottom, a front end cap, a rear end cap, a first side, and a second side. The tank shell has an interior defining an open volume inside. The tank shell is supported by at least one baffle that is fastened onto the tank shell. The top has a hatch that contains a conventional hinge means and is capable of being latched by a conventional latch means. A drain hole is located on the bottom of the tank, or on a bottom sump that is attached onto the bottom of the fluid storage tank assembly. The top and the bottom of the tank assembly are generally parallel in relationship. The first side and the second side of the tank assembly are both attached to the top and the bottom of the tank assembly. The top is shown smaller than the bottom creating a trapezoidal shape.

Abstract: A liquid stabilizing baffle is described in which first and second loops are formed by strips of flexible spring material. The first and second loops intersect one another at two intersection points along an axis. A third loop, formed of a flexible spring material strip may be joined with the first and second loops at points between the intersection points of the first and second loops.

Abstract: A tank for transporting liquids is provided. The tank includes a tank vessel having front and rear walls defining a longitudinal direction, opposing sidewalls defining a lateral direction and a floor and a top. An X-shaped baffle arrangement extends through the interior of the tank vessel in the longitudinal direction. The X-shaped baffle arrangement has a longitudinally extending chamber in the center thereof, two upper legs extending between the chamber and the top of the tank vessel and two lower legs extending between the chamber and the floor of the tank vessel. A plurality of longitudinally spaced pivotal baffles extending from either side of X-shaped baffle arrangement towards a respective one of the sidewalls. Each pivotal baffle being supported for pivotal movement on the X-shaped baffle arrangement between an open position wherein the pivotal baffle extends in the longitudinal direction and a closed position wherein the pivotal baffle extends in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A fuel tank for motor vehicles is constructed so that the generation of noise in the fuel tank due to sloshing fuel is minimized. For this purpose, a dampener element, which is permeable to the flow of liquid fuel, is attached to the interior of the tank. According to the invention, the dampening element has a dimensionally stable lattice or similar network structure. This dampener element is attached near the bottom wall of the fuel tank and has a generally horizontal orientation.

Abstract: A baffle unit for operative cross mounting within a liquid fuel tank of an automotive vehicle to attenuate wave action of the liquid fuel within the tank during vehicle operation and thereby prevent or reduce the impact of such fluid motion against the wall of the tank and thereby eliminate or reduce harshness, vibration and noise. The baffle unit comprises a frame with latticed work defining open side faces encapsulating a mat of fiberglass filaments caged therein and having a porosity for the passage of waves of liquid fuel therethrough to attenuate the waves while trapping particles of fuel-contaminating foreign matter The frame is supported for telescoping action in a carrier. Helical end springs urge the frame to an outer position against the interior walls of the tank after the unit is compressed to collapse the unit to allow its easy insertion into the tank.

Abstract: The invention concerns a anti-noise device for a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, fuel tank (1) comprising a baffle (10) located in the tank (1), characterised in that the baffle (10) is flexible, located substantially in the tank (1) upper half and substantially perpendicular to the preferred axis of the fuel volume movement in the tank (1), the baffle (10) dimensions in the direction transverse to that of the fuel volume preferred movement (2) being smaller than the spacing of the tank walls (4, 5) located opposite the baffle (10) ends, to enable the baffle (10) to be deformed in flexion during the fuel ebb and flow.

Abstract: A filler neck for the introduction of fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle is constructed of at least two interconnected injection-molded half shells, each half shell having outwardly curved regions which form a filler pipe and vent lines. Also, receptacles for valves and filters are integrally formed in the outwardly curved regions.

Abstract: A tank for transporting liquids is provided. The tank includes a tank vessel having front and rear walls defining a longitudinal direction, opposing sidewalls defining a lateral direction and a floor and a top. An X-shaped baffle arrangement extends through the interior of the tank vessel in the longitudinal direction. The X-shaped baffle arrangement has a longitudinally extending chamber in the center thereof, two upper legs extending between the chamber and the top of the tank vessel and two lower legs extending between the chamber and the floor of the tank vessel. A plurality of longitudinally spaced pivotal baffles extending from either side of X-shaped baffle arrangement towards a respective one of the sidewalls. Each pivotal baffle being supported for pivotal movement on the X-shaped baffle arrangement between an open position wherein the pivotal baffle extends in the longitudinal direction and a closed position wherein the pivotal baffle extends in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A liquid stabilizing baffle is described in which first and second loops are formed, each by a strip of flexible spring-like material. When assembled, the first and second loops are joined together and intersect one another at two intersection points along an axis. A succession of at least two baffle units may be joined together by at least one loop of one unit passing through at least one loop of a successive baffle unit.

Abstract: The fuel tank assembly for an automobile comprises a substantially box-shaped bottom portion having a top peripheral flange; several highly porous filler packets or blocks made from metal foil mesh material received in the tank, each packet being formed from two to ten layers of metal foil mesh material, and some of said packets being folded over, thereby to substantially fill the tank with the highly porous packets or blocks, and a top tank cover plate sealed to the top peripheral flange.

Abstract: A fuel tank with a baffle disposed therein is disposed at an intermediate place between the two ends of the tank is provided for preventing noise caused when fuel shifts in the fuel tank from one end to the other. In a preferred embodiment, the baffle is constructed of a fiberglass filter media material. Also in a preferred embodiment, the baffle is collapsible so that it can be inserted into an opening in the top of a plastic fuel tank and then allowed to return to its original larger height whereby it will be held by a biasing pressure in a desired position within the tank.

Abstract: A liquid stabilizing baffle is described in which first and second loops are formed, each by a strip of flexible spring-like material. When assembled, the first and second loops are joined together and intersect one another at two intersection points along an axis. A succession of at least two baffle units may be joined together by at least one loop of one unit passing through at least one loop of a successive baffle unit.

Abstract: A liquid stabilizing baffle is described in which first and second loops are formed by strips of flexible spring material. The first and second loops intersect one another at two intersection points along an axis. A third loop, formed of a flexible spring material strip is joined with the first and second loops at points between the intersection points of the first and second loops.

Abstract: A tank contains a liquid while being transported by a moving vehicle. The tank includes a shell having an annular wall interconnecting opposite longitudinal end walls. The annular wall and the end walls define an interior compartment. The shell also has a substantially horizontal length direction and a substantially horizontal width direction perpendicular to the length direction. Two substantially planar longitudinal baffles are disposed within the interior compartment of the shell. Each longitudinal baffle is oriented substantially vertically and substantially parallel to the length direction of the shell. Each longitudinal baffle has a first side facing the annular wall. Each longitudinal baffle also has a second side. The second sides face each other. A plurality of substantially planar latitudinal baffles are disposed within the interior compartment of the shell. Each latitudinal baffle is oriented substantially vertically and substantially parallel to the width direction of the shell.

Abstract: Filler neck for a fuel tank of a motor vehicle Filler necks have, as well as the filler pipe, additional lines for venting, valves and compensating reservoirs. Due to the multiplicity of individual parts and connections, filler necks involve a high outlay in terms of assembly and, because of the connections, have high fuel permeation. The new filler neck is to be easily mountable and have low permeation values.

Abstract: A liquid stabilizing baffle system is described in which a plurality of elongated strips are provided, each being formed of a flexible spring material. Each strip includes longitudinal side edges joining opposed ends. At least one end hole is formed in each strip inwardly adjacent each end, and each strip is foldable into a loop configuration with ends overlapping. Fastener members are provided to be received through aligned end holes of the strips. A connector is provided on each strip, configured to enable a plurality of the strips to be linked in succession with the strips folded into loop configurations to form a strand. In a preferred form the connector includes a set of geometric shaped holes formed through the strips in the loops, and a similarly shaped bar threaded through the holes to prevent relative rotation of the loops relative to one another.