Arrangement in a fuel system in a vehicle

US6033006A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SAAB Automobile AB · SE

Inventors

• Kent Bovellan · carrer de Sertori, SE
• Lars-Olof Hellgren · carrer de Sertori, SE
• Christer Berntsson · carrer de Sertori, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K15/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a fuel system of a vehicle a filler end of a fuel pipe is attached to the bodywork of the vehicle and accessible via filler opening in the side of the bodywork. The filler end is fastened to a bodywork element situated inside the side of the bodywork, which bodywork element supports a shield arranged around the filler end, which shield finishes at a certain distance from the side of the bodywork and during collisions protects a filler cap mounted on the fuel pipe.