Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel tank having inlet check valve
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Application No.: US15771630Application Date: 2016-10-26
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Publication No.: US10906391B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Tomasz Dolny , Manuel Lindow , Martin Stickel , Albert J. Boecker
- Applicant: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Rastatt
- Assignee: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbH
- Current Assignee: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Rastatt
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Priority: DE102015221227 20151029
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/075720 WO 20161026
- International Announcement: WO2017/072135 WO 20170504
- Main IPC: F16K24/00
- IPC: F16K24/00 ; B60K15/035 ; B60K15/04

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a fuel tank comprising a filling tube opening via an inlet check valve into the fuel tank and comprising a venting device for discharging fuel vapors from the fuel tank. According to the present disclosure, the venting device has at least one venting line, which extends into the interior of the fuel tank and opens with an open end into a gas volume in the region of an upper wall part of the fuel tank, wherein the at least one venting line is guided such that it forms a siphon in the region of a lower wall part, and the inlet check valve has a bypass connection, to which the at least one venting line is connected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180326841A1 FUEL TANK HAVING INLET CHECK VALVE Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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