Safety fuel tank for vehicle esp. tank - has compartmented tank with tubing passing through the compartments from surrounding space filled with non-inflammable material

摘要

A fuel storage tank for a vehicle esp. a tank consists of a container (1) immersed in a non-inflammable material (M). The material (M) is contd. in a compartment (15), (15a) of the vehicle from which pipes (16), (17) and (18) penetrate through the tank (1). The non-flammable material (M) is pref. fluid freon, halon gas or fluid tetrafluorodibromoethane. USE/ADVANTAGE - Vehicle safety. Fuel tank and lines are surrounded by a non-inflammable fluid or gas in self sealing container walls. Escaping fuel forms a non-inflammable emulsion with the fluid or gas.