IP Library Granted Patent US 10,371,033
Granted Patent B2
US 10,371,033 · App. 15/585,041 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Diesel exhaust fluid tank for an off-road vehicle

Inventors: Timothy Ralph Hertsgaard (Fargo, ND); Jason Keith Novacek (West Fargo, ND); David Donald Blomberg (Dent, MN); John Thomas Rasset (Barnesville, MN); Erik Andrew Larson (Fargo, ND); Paul Eugene Wibbels (West Fargo, ND); Daniel LaRoy Hinz (Fargo, ND); Jay Michael Larson (Fargo, ND); David Larry Tveito (West Fargo, ND); David Edward Susag (Fargo, ND); Russell Victor Stoltman (Frankfort, IL); Chad Alry Bautz (Fargo, ND); Nathaniel James Keller (Fargo, ND); David Sheldon Booth (Phoenix, AZ)
Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
F01N3/2896B60K13/04B60R16/08F01N3/2066F01N13/1861F01N13/1866B60Y2200/20B60Y2200/41F01N2590/08F01N2610/02F01N2610/1406F01N2610/1413Y02A50/2325Y02T10/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,371,033
App. No.
15/585,041
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank for an off-road vehicle including a retaining bar configured to support the DEF tank and a channel molded into a side of the DEF tank. The channel is configured to interface with the retaining rod. The DEF tank further including a cutout formed within the channel, wherein the cutout establishes a gap between the retaining bar and a body of the DEF tank. The DEF tank also includes a drain channel molded into an exterior surface of the DEF tank. The drain channel is configured to provide structural support to the DEF tank, and the gap is configured to enable DEF flow downwardly into the drain channel without contacting the retaining bar.

Claims (12)

1. A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank for an off-road vehicle comprising:

a retaining bar configured to support the DEF tank;

a channel molded into a side of the DEF tank, wherein the channel is configured to interface with the retaining bar;

a cutout formed within the channel, wherein the cutout establishes a gap between the retaining bar and a body of the DEF tank; and

a downwardly extending drain channel molded into an exterior surface of the DEF tank, wherein the drain channel is configured to provide structural support to the DEF tank, and the gap is configured to enable DEF flow downwardly into the drain channel without contacting the retaining bar, said retaining bar channel intersecting said downwardly extending drain channel at said cutout at substantially a right angle.

2. The DEF tank of claim 1 , comprising a DEF supply module recess molded into the exterior surface of the DEF tank, wherein the DEF supply module recess is configured to receive a DEF supply module, and a sloped wall is configured to capture the DEF from the DEF supply module.

3. The DEF tank of claim 1 , comprising:

a drain channel molded into an exterior surface of the DEF tank, wherein the drain channel is configured to provide structural support to the DEF tank and to enable DEF to flow downwardly through the drain channel; and

a sloped wall molded into the exterior surface of the DEF tank, wherein the sloped wall is configured to capture and funnel the DEF into the drain channel.

4. The DEF tank of claim 1 , comprising a metal insert molded into the DEF tank.

5. The DEF tank of claim 4 , wherein the metal insert comprises a fill neck configured to enable the DEF tank to be filled with DEF, and the sloped wall is configured to capture the DEF from the fill neck.

6. The DEF tank of claim 1 , wherein said retaining bar channel extends at least partially around the circumference of said DEF tanks.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2019
From: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
To: BLUE LEAF I.P., INC.
Reel/Frame 050809/0833 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2019
From: HERTSGAARD, TIMOTHY RALPH; NOVACEK, JASON KEITH; BLOMBERG, DAVID DONALD; RASSET, JOHN THOMAS; LARSON, ERIK ANDREW; LARSON, JAY MICHAEL; WIBBELS, PAUL EUGENE; HINZ, LAROY DANIEL; TVEITO, DAVID LARRY; SUSAG, DAVID EDWARD; STOLTMAN, RUSSELL VICTOR; BAUTZ, CHAD ALRY; KELLER, NATHANIEL JAMES; BOOTH, DAVID SHELDON
To: CNH AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 049571/0403 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 24, 2019
From: CNH AMERICA LLC
To: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 049571/0690 →
Continuity (2)
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