Patent · US Expired

Expansion container for a fuel tank

US7017607B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

3References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Volker Brand · Stuttgart, DE
Karl-Heinz Kempa · Rutesheim, DE
Ralf Lângerer · Stuttgart, DE
Thomas Rieger · Ingolstadt, DE
Dieter Scheuerenbrand · Wolfschlugen, DE
Peter Stratz · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2004
Grant date	Mar 28, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/86324
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an expansion container for a fuel system of a motor vehicle wherein the expansion container includes a container wall and a gas vent connector mounted on the container wall so as to be in communication with the interior of the expansion container by way of a valve, the expansion container and the gas vent connector consist of metal and are joined by at least a first seal structure and the gas vent connector is connected to the valve by at least a second seal structure.

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