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System for storing an auxiliary liquid and supplying same to an internal combustion engine

US10767598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Timm Heidemeyer · Cologne, DE
Hartmut Wolf · Bellinghauserhohn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 24, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for storing and feeding an auxiliary liquid to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle or to parts of the internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle, having a storage vessel for the fluid, having at least one delivery pump for the fluid, and having at least one line system comprising an inflow to a consumer and a return flow into the storage vessel, the system comprising a connector module which is inserted into an opening of the storage vessel, the connector module having fluid ducts which communicate with the storage vessel and are connected to an inflow line and to a return flow line of the line system, and the connector module comprising a module block which is configured as a thermally conductive and/or heatable body.

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