FUEL TANK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING

A fuel tank includes metal-made upper (30) and lower (32) tank half bodies respectively having, on respective outer peripheries thereof, an upper joint flange (31) and a lower joint flange (33) joined thereto. The lower tank half body (32) includes: a lower tank main body portion (34) that is elonga...

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Hauptverfasser: TAKASHIMA, Motoaki, MASUDA, Ryuji, MURASAWA, Kota, HIRANO, Kohei
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A fuel tank includes metal-made upper (30) and lower (32) tank half bodies respectively having, on respective outer peripheries thereof, an upper joint flange (31) and a lower joint flange (33) joined thereto. The lower tank half body (32) includes: a lower tank main body portion (34) that is elongated in a direction parallel to a reference plane including joint surfaces of lower and upper planar flange portions as parts of the lower and upper joint flanges, respectively, includes, along a longitudinal direction thereof, a narrow portion narrower on one side than the other side, and bulges toward a lower side from the reference plane; and a pair of expansion tank portions (35) that are disposed on opposite sides of the narrow portion as seen in a plan view from a direction orthogonal to the reference plane, formed to be shallower than the lower tank main body portion (34), and bulge downward from the reference plane.