WO2008017665A1 - Fuel tank for an automobile - Google Patents
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- WO2008017665A1 WO2008017665A1 PCT/EP2007/058157 EP2007058157W WO2008017665A1 WO 2008017665 A1 WO2008017665 A1 WO 2008017665A1 EP 2007058157 W EP2007058157 W EP 2007058157W WO 2008017665 A1 WO2008017665 A1 WO 2008017665A1
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- fuel tank
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- refueling
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- 239000002828 fuel tank Substances 0.000 title claims abstract description 46
- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbon Chemical compound [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 33
- 238000009423 ventilation Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 17
- 238000013022 venting Methods 0.000 claims description 18
- 229910052799 carbon Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000000446 fuel Substances 0.000 description 22
- 239000000945 filler Substances 0.000 description 3
- 239000003380 propellant Substances 0.000 description 3
- 239000003610 charcoal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000010276 construction Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000007789 gas Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 235000010678 Paulownia tomentosa Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 240000002834 Paulownia tomentosa Species 0.000 description 1
- 238000004140 cleaning Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000002485 combustion reaction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000007726 management method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000007789 sealing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000000926 separation method Methods 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
- B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
- B60K15/035—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
- B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
- B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
- B60K15/035—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
- B60K15/03504—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means adapted to avoid loss of fuel or fuel vapour, e.g. with vapour recovery systems
- B60K2015/03509—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means adapted to avoid loss of fuel or fuel vapour, e.g. with vapour recovery systems with a droplet separator in the vent line
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
- B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
- B60K15/035—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
- B60K2015/03561—Venting means working at specific times
- B60K2015/03571—Venting during driving
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
- B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
- B60K15/035—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
- B60K2015/03561—Venting means working at specific times
- B60K2015/03576—Venting during filling the reservoir
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
- B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
- B60K15/035—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means
- B60K2015/0358—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means the venting is actuated by specific signals or positions of particular parts
- B60K2015/03585—Fuel tanks characterised by venting means the venting is actuated by specific signals or positions of particular parts by gas pressure
Definitions
- the invention relates to a fuel tank for a motor vehicle with a refueling vent and a operational venting having venting device with a venting line of the refueling vent and with one to in designated areas of the fuel tank ge ⁇ led vent line of the operational venting, wherein the refueling vent and the operating ventilation via a line with a Activated carbon filter are connected.
- Such fuel tanks are commonly used in today's motor vehicles and are known in practice.
- Be ⁇ operating venting allows escape of fuel vapors during operation of the motor vehicle and a subsequent flow of air at a consumption of the fuel.
- the refueling vent ⁇ derives from the charged fuel displaced air from the fuel tank through the charcoal filter.
- the charcoal filter communicates with the environment to allow pressure equalization.
- the operating ventilation and refueling are laboriously mounted on the fuel tank.
- the invention is based on the problem of designing a Kraftstoffbe ⁇ container with a venting device so that the fuel tank with the venting device is particularly easy to assemble and manufacture.
- the refueling vent and the operating vent have a common container and that the container each has a chamber for the refueling vent and the strigentlüf ⁇ tion.
- the essential components of the operating ventilation and the refueling vent can be preassembled into a structural unit and used in the fuel tank according to the invention.
- the common, the chambered container can also particularly easy fer ⁇ term.
- the separation of the container in the two chambers allows reliable management of the fuel vapors through the activated carbon filter.
- the chambers are preferably completely separated from each other.
- the construction work for the venting device can be kept particularly low when the refueling vent and the operating vent each have a valve and when the valves are connected to the leading to the activated carbon filter line.
- the valves thereby prevent liquid fuel from reaching the activated carbon filter and damaging it.
- control of the refueling ventilation designed according to another advantageous embodiment of the invention structurally particularly simple if at least one of the valves is designed as a float valve.
- An emptying of the chambers of the ventilation device ges ⁇ taltet particularly simple if the refueling vent and the operational venting each have an ejector on ⁇ and when suction of suction jet pumps are connected to a respective chamber of the refueling vent and the operation ⁇ vent.
- the suction ⁇ jet pumps from a within the fuel tank on ordered fuel pump supplied with fuel as a propellant.
- the chambers of the breather ⁇ processing device during operation of the motor vehicle are always empty. Therefore, designed as a float valves valves to close the lines to the activated carbon filter even in a rollover of the motor vehicle.
- the valves of the venting device therefore also serve as so-called roll-over valves.
- An escape of fuel vapors from the fuel tank can be kept particularly low when the container is disposed within the fuel tank.
- the number of sealing points of the fuel tank is kept particularly low.
- a particularly accurate limitation of feedable the fuel tank amount of fuel is ensured when the vent line of the refueling vent is performed up to a designated cut-off point of the fuel tank and when the tank is below the cut-off is angeord ⁇ net.
- the vent of the fuel tank is closed when the shutdown point. Then no more air can escape from the fuel tank and thus no fuel can be refilled.
- the shut-off point is set thanks to the invention of the free end of the vent line of the refueling vent.
- FIG. 1 shows a fuel tank according to the invention with a venting device in a Thomasdar- position
- 2 is a schematic sectional view through a container of the venting device of FIG. 1.
- a vent means 4 comprising a container 5 and a plurality of vent lines 6, 7, 7 ' , One of the vent lines 6 leads to the filler neck 2 of the fuel tank 1 up to a shut-off point.
- the vent 4 is connected via a line 8 with an activated carbon filter 9.
- the activated carbon filter 9 is shown here outside of the fuel tank 1 and is connected to the environment.
- the activated carbon filter 9 can also form with the container 5 of the venting device 4, not shown, arranged within the fuel tank 1 structural unit.
- a flange 10 arranged above the venting device 4 closes a mounting opening 11 in the flange
- Fuel tank 1 The fuel delivery unit 3 sucks fuel from the fuel tank 1 and promotes this via a flow line 12 to an internal combustion engine, not shown, of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, the fuel delivery unit 3 conveys fuel via a branch 13 to the ventilation device 4.
- FIG 2 shows a sectional view through the container 5 of the venting device 4 of Figure 1.
- the container 5 has two chambers 14, 15. One of the chambers 14 is provided for a refueling vent 16, while the other of the chambers 15 is provided for an operating vent 17 of the fuel tank 1 of Figure 1.
- the Betankungsentlüf ⁇ tung 16 has led to the cut-off vent line 6.
- the operation of vent 17 has the run in the corner regions of the fuel tank 1 Entlwillungslei ⁇ obligations 7, 7 '.
- the chambers 14, 15 are each one with connected to the activated carbon filter 9 guided line 8. Before the guided to the activated carbon filter 9 lines 8 each have a valve 18, 19 are arranged.
- the valve 19 of the Medent ⁇ ventilation 17 is formed as a pressure-holding valve and enables the outlet of fuel vapors only above a designated pressure.
- Suction ports 20, 21 of the suction jet pumps 22, 23 are in lower portions of the chambers 14, 15.
- the suction jet pumps 22, 23 are each supplied via propellant lines 24, 25 with fuel, fortune fuel from the chambers 14, 15 to suck and return via collecting ⁇ lines 26, 27 in the fuel tank. 1
- the propellant lines 24, 25 are connected to the branch 13 of the flow line 12 shown in Figure 1.
- the valve 19 of the operating breather 17 designed as a pressure holding valve is opened and excess gases can escape through the activated carbon filter 9.
- the chambers 14, 15 are emptied by the suction jet pumps 22, 23.
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Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP2009523274A JP5006932B2 (en) | 2006-08-08 | 2007-08-07 | Fuel tank for automobile |
BRPI0715165-9A BRPI0715165A2 (en) | 2006-08-08 | 2007-08-07 | fuel tank for a car |
EP07802516A EP2051872A1 (en) | 2006-08-08 | 2007-08-07 | Fuel tank for an automobile |
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DE102006037062A DE102006037062A1 (en) | 2006-08-08 | 2006-08-08 | Fuel tank for a motor vehicle |
DE102006037062.7 | 2006-08-08 |
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PCT/EP2007/058157 WO2008017665A1 (en) | 2006-08-08 | 2007-08-07 | Fuel tank for an automobile |
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EP (1) | EP2051872A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP5006932B2 (en) |
KR (1) | KR20090040459A (en) |
BR (1) | BRPI0715165A2 (en) |
DE (1) | DE102006037062A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2008017665A1 (en) |
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DE102009013514A1 (en) * | 2009-03-19 | 2010-09-30 | Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co. Kg | Plastic fuel tank |
Citations (5)
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EP0999082A2 (en) * | 1998-11-05 | 2000-05-10 | Mannesmann VDO Aktiengesellschaft | Inlet for a fuel tank for an automotive vehicle |
DE10060239A1 (en) * | 2000-12-05 | 2002-06-06 | Audi Ag | Venting system with activated carbon filter for vehicle fuel tank, includes pump to empty compensation tank in defined operational states |
EP1216874A2 (en) * | 2000-12-19 | 2002-06-26 | Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG. | Fuel tank |
DE10227524A1 (en) * | 2002-06-20 | 2004-01-08 | Daimlerchrysler Ag | Fuel tank system |
DE102004006534A1 (en) * | 1998-10-15 | 2004-07-15 | Tesma Motoren- Und Getriebetechnik Gmbh | Closure pipe for vehicle fuel tank filler pipe has interchangeable exchange mechanism selectively connecting compensating chamber for ventilation during filling to filter or filling channel through change-over valve |
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JP3669677B2 (en) * | 1999-09-17 | 2005-07-13 | 本田技研工業株式会社 | Fuel tank |
DE10013919A1 (en) * | 2000-03-21 | 2001-09-27 | Mannesmann Vdo Ag | Venting device for a fuel tank |
JP3948194B2 (en) * | 2000-06-27 | 2007-07-25 | 日産自動車株式会社 | Fuel tank refueling amount regulating valve and fuel tank device |
JP3894826B2 (en) * | 2002-04-10 | 2007-03-22 | 本田技研工業株式会社 | Evaporative fuel processing equipment |
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- 2006-08-08 DE DE102006037062A patent/DE102006037062A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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- 2007-08-07 EP EP07802516A patent/EP2051872A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2007-08-07 BR BRPI0715165-9A patent/BRPI0715165A2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2007-08-07 KR KR1020097004688A patent/KR20090040459A/en not_active Ceased
- 2007-08-07 JP JP2009523274A patent/JP5006932B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2007-08-07 WO PCT/EP2007/058157 patent/WO2008017665A1/en active Application Filing
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DE102004006534A1 (en) * | 1998-10-15 | 2004-07-15 | Tesma Motoren- Und Getriebetechnik Gmbh | Closure pipe for vehicle fuel tank filler pipe has interchangeable exchange mechanism selectively connecting compensating chamber for ventilation during filling to filter or filling channel through change-over valve |
EP0999082A2 (en) * | 1998-11-05 | 2000-05-10 | Mannesmann VDO Aktiengesellschaft | Inlet for a fuel tank for an automotive vehicle |
DE10060239A1 (en) * | 2000-12-05 | 2002-06-06 | Audi Ag | Venting system with activated carbon filter for vehicle fuel tank, includes pump to empty compensation tank in defined operational states |
EP1216874A2 (en) * | 2000-12-19 | 2002-06-26 | Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG. | Fuel tank |
DE10227524A1 (en) * | 2002-06-20 | 2004-01-08 | Daimlerchrysler Ag | Fuel tank system |
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JP2010500210A (en) | 2010-01-07 |
EP2051872A1 (en) | 2009-04-29 |
DE102006037062A1 (en) | 2008-02-14 |
JP5006932B2 (en) | 2012-08-22 |
BRPI0715165A2 (en) | 2013-06-18 |
KR20090040459A (en) | 2009-04-24 |
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