An exemplary fuel tank includes a plastic container and an integral composite heat shield. The plastic container has an outer layer formed from high-density polyethylene. The heat shield has a heat reflective layer, an attachment layer, and a non-woven insulation layer having a bonding portion that includes bi-component fibers. The outer layer of the plastic container permeates and bonds to at least a portion of bonding portion of the non-woven insulation layer.


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    Title :

    Molded Vehicle Component With Integral Heat Shield and Method of Making the Same


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-10-24


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS



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