Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for detecting tank leaks

US7954361B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

16References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Schelhas · Stuttgart, DE
Manfred Franz · Ditzingen, DE
Andreas Posselt · Rochlitz, DE
Andreas Baumann · Münsingen, CH
Martin Streib · Leinfelden, DE
Michael Pfeil · South Charleston, US
Marko Lorenz · Bornsteiner Straße, DE
Silke Haag · Beilstein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2006
Grant date	Jun 7, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02M25/0809
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for detecting tank leaks, in which a gas pressure acts on a fluid which is situated in a tank, and in which the gas pressure in the tank or tank system is changed, wherein a tank leak is detected by evaluation of a temporal profile of a sum pressure of the fluid which is situated in the tank.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.