Fuel tank with attached component and method of making same

摘要

A method for securing a component (52) to a tank (10) includes forming the tank having a wall (12) of multiple layers of polymer material with an opening (50) in the wall (12), outer layers of polymer (32,34,38), and an inner layer (42) of polymer having an inner surface (44) whose color is dark relative to a natural color of the outer layers. The component (52) is formed with a mounting surface (56,57) of polymer. The tube wall opening (50) is used to install the component (52) in the tank (10) such that the mounting surface (56;57) contacts the inner surface (44). Energy is transmitted onto an area of a surface of the tank wall (12) where the mounting surface (56;57) contacts the inner surface (44). The transmitted energy is use to produce a weld between the mounting surface (56;57) and the tank wall (12).