Patent · US Expired

Fuel tank

US5704337A · kind A · utility

31Cited by

13References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

MC Micro Compact Car AG · CH

Inventors

Peter Stratz · Sindelfingen, DE
Karl-Heinz Kempka · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 2, 1996
Grant date	Jan 6, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 2, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60K2015/03552
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a fuel tank with a filler neck of plastic material which filler neck is connected at one end to the fuel tank and has a filler opening at its other end, a vent pipe extending from the tank to the filler opening, an adsorber chamber with a chamber opening and a fuel vapor conduit providing for communication of the tank with the adsorber chamber are all integrally formed with the filler neck in a single blow molding step, the adsorber chamber, after being filled with a bag of activated carbon, being closed by a lid which carries a regeneration valve and covers the chamber opening.

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