DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A LIQUID ADDITIVE

Abstract

A device for providing a liquid additive, including at least one metallic insert, which is coated, at least in sections, with a plastic coating made of polyethylene (PE). At least one plastic structure made of a high-density polyethylene (HD-PE) or polypropylene (PP) is sprayed onto the plastic coating.

Claims

1. A device for supplying a liquid additive, comprising: a delivery unit for supplying liquid additive; a plastics coating; at least one metallic insert at least partially coated with the plastics coating; a housing, the at least one metallic insert forming at least a part of the housing; at least one plastics structure injection moulded onto the plastics coating; and a tank wall, the at least one plastics structure forming at least a portion of the tank wall; wherein the delivery unit for liquid additive is located in the housing.

2. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 1, further comprising a heating element, wherein the at least one metallic insert is connected to the heating element in heat-conducting fashion.

3. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 1, the plastics coating further comprising a coating thickness between 50 μm and 500 μm.

4. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 1, wherein the at least one metallic insert is composed of aluminium.

5. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 1, wherein the plastics coating is composed of polyethylene (PE).

6. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 1, the at least one plastics structure being made of a material selected from the group consisting of high-density polyethylene (HD-PE) and polypropylene (PP).

7. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 1, wherein the device for supplying liquid additive is used with an exhaust-gas treatment device having an SCR catalytic converter, and the SCR catalytic converter is used for the purification of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.

8. A device for supplying a liquid additive, comprising: at least one plastics structure; a housing, the at least one plastics structure forming at least a portion of the housing; a plastics coating; a bell cover, a portion of the bell cover coated with the plastics coating; a delivery unit for supplying liquid additive, the delivery unit for liquid additive being located in the housing; a tank wall, the at least one plastics structure forming at least a portion of the tank wall; wherein the bell cover at least partially surrounds the housing, and the portion of the bell cover coated with the plastics coating extends through a portion of the housing.

9. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 8, the bell cover further comprising at least one metallic insert.

10. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 9, further comprising a heating element, wherein the at least one metallic insert is connected to the heating element in heat-conducting fashion.

11. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 9, wherein the at least one metallic insert is composed of aluminium.

12. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 8, the plastics coating further comprising a coating thickness between 50 μm and 500 μm.

13. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 8, wherein the plastics coating is composed of polyethylene (PE).

14. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 8, the at least one plastics structure being made of a material selected from the group consisting of high-density polyethylene (HD-PE) and polypropylene (PP).

15. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 8, wherein the device for supplying liquid additive is used with an exhaust-gas treatment device having an SCR catalytic converter, and the SCR catalytic converter is used for the purification of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.

16. A device for supplying a liquid additive, comprising: a plastics coating; at least one inlay at least partially coated with the plastics coating; at least one plastics structure; a housing, the at least one plastics structure forming at least a portion of the housing; a delivery unit for supplying liquid additive, the delivery unit for liquid additive being located in the housing; a tank wall, the at least one plastics structure forming at least a portion of the tank wall; wherein the housing is injection moulded around the plastics coating.

17. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 16, the at least one inlay further comprising at least one metallic insert.

18. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 17, wherein the at least one metallic insert is composed of aluminium.

19. The device for supplying a liquid additive of claim 16, the plastics coating further comprising a coating thickness between 50 μm and 500 μm.

20. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 16, wherein the plastics coating is composed of polyethylene (PE).

21. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 16, the at least one plastics structure being made of a material selected from the group consisting of high-density polyethylene (HD-PE) and polypropylene (PP).

22. The device for supplying a liquid additive according to claim 16, wherein the device for supplying liquid additive is used with an exhaust-gas treatment device having an SCR catalytic converter, and the SCR catalytic converter is used for the purification of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0043] The invention and the technical field will be explained in more detail below on the basis of the figures. The figures show particularly preferred exemplary embodiments of the invention, to which the invention is however not restricted. It is pointed out in particular that the figures, and in particular the dimensional relationships illustrated in the figures, are merely schematic. The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

[0044] FIG. 1 is a diagram of a first embodiment of a device for supplying a liquid additive, according to embodiments of the present invention;

[0045] FIG. 2 is a diagram of a second embodiment of a device for supplying a liquid additive, according to embodiments of the present invention;

[0046] FIG. 3 is a diagram of a third embodiment of a device for supplying a liquid additive, according to embodiments of the present invention, and

[0047] FIG. 4 is a diagram of a motor vehicle having a device for supplying a liquid additive, according to embodiments of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0048] The following description of the preferred embodiment(s) is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.

[0049] Here, the identical features of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 will firstly be explained jointly. FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 each show a device 1 for supplying liquid additive, having a tank 3 in which the liquid additive is stored and which has a tank wall 8 composed of plastic.

[0050] In FIG. 1, the tank wall 8 composed of plastic forms a plastics structure 5. A metallic insert 2 is inserted into an opening in the tank base 20 of the plastics structure 5, which metallic insert forms a housing 6 for accommodating a delivery unit 7. The housing 6, which constitutes the metallic insert, has a plastics coating 4 onto which the tank wall 8, as plastics structure 5, is injection moulded. The delivery unit 7 in the housing 6 has a pump 21 by means of which liquid additive may be withdrawn from the tank 3 at an intake point 19 and supplied at a supply port 22. In the housing 6 there are situated heating elements 10 by means of which liquid in the tank 3 may be heated.

[0051] In FIG. 2, the housing 6 of the delivery unit 7 is composed of plastic, and the metallic insert 2 is formed by a bell cover 11 which extends around the housing 6, wherein the bell cover 11 has a section which has a plastics coating 4 and which extends through the housing 6. It is also the case in FIG. 2 that the housing 6 is situated on the tank base 20. Here, the housing 6 forms the plastics structure 5 which is injection moulded onto the metallic insert 2 or onto the plastics coating 4 on the metallic insert 2. In direct contact with the bell cover 11, there is a heating element 10 for heating liquid in the tank 3 via the bell cover 11. Here, the delivery unit 7 in the housing 6 is designed correspondingly to that in FIG. 1.

[0052] FIG. 3 shows a situation in which the housing 6 of the delivery unit 7 forms the plastics structure 5 into which inlays 9 are embedded as metallic inserts 2, wherein the metallic inserts 2 or inlays 9 each have a plastics coating 4 onto which the housing 6, as plastics structure 5, is injection moulded. It is also the case in FIG. 3 that the housing 6 is situated on the tank base. Here, too, heating elements 10 are provided within the housing 6, by means of which heating elements liquid in the tank 3 may be heated through the housing 6. Here, the delivery unit 7 in the housing 6 is designed correspondingly to that in FIG. 1.

[0053] FIG. 4 shows a motor vehicle 12 having an internal combustion engine 13 and having an exhaust-gas treatment device 14 with an SCR catalytic converter 15 for the purification of the exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine 13. Liquid additive for carrying out the SCR method in the SCR catalytic converter 15 is supplied to the exhaust-gas treatment device 14 by an injector 16, wherein the injector 16 is in turn supplied with liquid additive, via a line 17, from a device 1 with a tank 3. For this purpose, the device 1 also has a housing 6 and a delivery unit 7, which are inserted into the tank 3 of the device 1.

[0054] The description of the invention is merely exemplary in nature and, thus, variations that do not depart from the gist of the invention are intended to be within the scope of the invention. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention.