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Device for controlling fuel in a fuel tank

US8522816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Karl Eck · Frankfurt, DE
Dieter Hagist · Lahnstein, DE
Matthias Kadler · Groß-Gerau, DE
Martin Maasz · Pocking, DE
Oliver Schönert · Dortmund, DE
Michael Teichert · Schwalbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 9, 2007
Grant date	Sep 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 15, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/86043
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for collecting fuel in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle having a prefilter arranged inside a swirl pot. The prefilter has a section rising from a horizontal plane and a section lying in the horizontal plane. The sections of the prefilter are produced as one piece and are connected to the swirl pot. The prefilter has an especially large surface.

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