US Patent Application 17824837. FUEL TANK BOOST AND BOLT SECURE simplified abstract
Contents
FUEL TANK BOOST AND BOLT SECURE
Organization Name
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor(s)
Ronald Scott Friend of Jeffersonville KY (US)
Robert Aaron Allex of Ewing KY (US)
Brian Mcelroy of Winchester KY (US)
David L. Brock of Versailles KY (US)
Christopher L. Rexroat of Paris KY (US)
FUEL TANK BOOST AND BOLT SECURE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17824837 titled 'FUEL TANK BOOST AND BOLT SECURE
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a system and method for lifting and installing a fuel tank on a vehicle. The system includes a lifting apparatus that can secure fasteners and fuel tank bands before lifting the fuel tank. The lifting apparatus can lift the fuel tank bands in two stages, first to a ground-facing surface of the fuel tank and then to the underside of the vehicle for installation.
- The patent application is for a system and method of lifting and installing a fuel tank on a vehicle.
- The system includes a lifting apparatus that can secure fasteners and fuel tank bands before lifting the fuel tank.
- The lifting apparatus lifts the fuel tank bands in two stages.
- In the first stage, the fuel tank bands are lifted to a ground-facing surface of the fuel tank.
- In the second stage, the fuel tank bands and the cradled fuel tank are lifted to the underside of the vehicle for installation.
Original Abstract Submitted
Systems and methods of lifting and installing a fuel tank on a vehicle are provided. In particular, a lifting apparatus may (1) receive fasteners and fuel tank bands prior to lifting, the fasteners secured/extended through fastener openings of the fuel tank bands; (2) lift, in a first lifting stage, the received fuel tank bands to a ground-facing surface of a fuel tank (the fuel tank may be resting on a pedestal or a similar support structure) such that the fuel tank bands cradle the fuel tank; and (3) lift, in a second lifting stage, the received fuel tank bands and the cradled fuel tank to the underside of a vehicle for installation.
