Fuel tank

US7047948B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Marc Gerhardt · Dortmund, DE
• Thomas Zapp · Dortmund, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2002
• Grant date: May 23, 2006
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/86332
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel tank for a motor vehicle having a chamber delimited by a wall and having an activated carbon filter located to ventilate the volume of the fuel chamber located above the level of fuel in the tank.