Fluid vessel with filler pipe
US8910620B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60K15/035
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fluid vessel, in particular a liquid vessel, in particular for an exhaust-gas purification fluid for the treatment of exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, in particular for an aqueous urea solution, wherein the fluid vessel has a filler pipe which is connected in fluid-conducting fashion to an interior of the fluid vessel and which, at an end remote from the interior of the fluid vessel, has a filler head and is closed off by means of a removable tank cover, wherein the fluid vessel and the filler pipe are designed and arranged such that, when the fluid vessel is in an installed position, a geodetically highest point of the fluid vessel is situated geodetically lower than the filler head. One ventilation device is arranged in the tank cover and at the geodetically highest point, when the fluid vessel is in the installed position, of the fluid vessel.
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