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Tank arrangement and vehicle with a tank arrangement

US8579332B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

15Claims

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Assignee

Volvo Lastvagner AB · SE

Inventors

Sigurd Sonderegger · Skintebo, SE
Anders Ivarsson · Storvik, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2008
Grant date	Nov 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/86324
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tank arrangement for a vehicle, particularly a truck, includes at least a first fuel tank and a second fuel tank which are connected by a balancing pipe, a suction pipe for feeding fuel to an engine and a return pipe for feeding fuel from the engine to at least one of the fuel tanks. The balancing pipe is provided with a first end to supply fuel to the first tank and a second end to suck fuel from the second tan, wherein a check valve is arranged upstream of the return pipe in the balancing pipe between the at least two tanks allowing a flow direction from the second tank to the first tank and blocking a flow in the reverse direction. Suction of fuel to the engine is from the first tank only. The check valve provides an automatic purging of the system.

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