Device for reducing splash noises in a fuel tank
US6408874B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 5, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/86228
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Arranged in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle are guide elements and guide plates which deflect a flow of the fuel toward a wall of the fuel tank at a flat angle. Splashing noises of the fuel are thereby markedly reduced. The guide plates form a channel with a calming region, in which the flow of the fuel is throttled.
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