The present invention relates to the installation of a urea tank pipe in a commercial vehicle with a diesel engine.
Document FR 2936982 discloses the advantages of urea injection in the exhaust line of a vehicle with a diesel engine, with the aim of reducing harmful emissions. Moreover, document U.S. 2009/0188923 discloses a type of urea tank installed in a motor vehicle. The anticipated spread of this device raises problems for vehicle manufacturers when it comes to installing the tank and providing for the filler pipe thereof in the most suitable manner possible. This is the problem that the invention aims to solve within the framework of a commercial vehicle.
The invention achieves its objective thanks to the installation of a tank pipe in a commercial vehicle with a diesel engine of the type comprising a lower vehicle structure defining a vehicle floor and, to the side, a running board providing access to a front seat or to the cargo space of the vehicle, the lower structure supporting beneath the floor a diesel oil tank fitted with a filler pipe opening out at the side of the vehicle, at the rear or at the front of the running board, the vehicle moreover comprising a urea tank fitted with a filler pipe, characterized in that the urea tank is housed in the immediate vicinity of the diesel oil tank and in that the filler pipe opens out in a front wall of the running board. Very advantageously, the filler pipe opens out in a front wall to the rear of the running board providing access to a front seat of the vehicle.
In this way, access to the filler pipe is easy for the user and secured along with the car, since this front wall of the running board is covered by the closed front door of the vehicle during normal use.
The filler pipe advantageously opens out at the level of a housing formed in the front wall of the running board.
The housing is advantageously closed by a removable panel which can be opened by the user.
The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising a tank pipe, a lower vehicle structure defining a vehicle floor and, to the side, a running board providing access to a front seat or to the cargo space of the vehicle, the lower structure supporting beneath the floor a diesel oil tank fitted with a filler pipe opening out at the side of the vehicle, at the rear or at the front of the running board, the vehicle moreover comprising a urea tank provided with a filler pipe, characterized in that the urea tank is housed in the immediate vicinity of the diesel oil tank and in that the filler pipe opens out in a front wall of the running board. The vehicle advantageously comprises a door, particularly a front door, capable of covering the front wall of the running board when it is in the closed position, so as to prevent access to the filler pipe in this position.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following description of an exemplary embodiment. Reference will be made to the attached drawings in which:
The description refers to the orientation of the trihedron XYZ referred to (
The industrial vehicle 100 only a small part of which is shown in
According to the typical installation of the invention, a urea tank 3 has been envisaged located below the floor 1 alongside the diesel oil tank 2 in the longitudinal direction Y of the vehicle. It is fixed to the structure by means that are likewise known such as, for example, limbs 3a and screws 3b. The urea tank 3 can be filled thanks to a filler pipe 15, the upper opening 16 whereof can be closed by a cap 17 and is situated in a housing 18 formed in the front vertical wall at the rear 8. The housing 18 can be accessed by a removable panel 20 (
The user therefore has easy access to the urea filler pipe situated in the cab 110; he removes the panel 20, unscrews the cap 17 and proceeds with the filling process using a specific bottle which screws on and prevents overflowing. This operation should be carried out every 30,000 kilometers or thereabouts.
In another embodiment which is not illustrated, the filler pipe opens out in a front wall at the front of a running board corresponding to a side door at the rear of the vehicle, for example a sliding side door. In the closed position, the sliding side door likewise covers the front wall at the front, preventing access to the filler pipe.
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