Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co. Kg

Lothar Maigre

Ibrahim Koukan

Jörg Koith

The invention relates to a device () for pressure-dependent opening of a suction intake (), comprising a suction jet pump (), comprising a feed line (), an outlet line () and the suction intake (); a valve body (), displaceably arranged inside the feed line () in the delivery direction () of the suction jet pump () and having an effective area () exposed to the feed pressure of the suction jet pump (); and a spring element (), arranged between the feed line () and the valve body (), for applying a force in opposition to the feed pressure inside the feed line (); wherein the effective area () of the valve body (), and the spring element () are designed so that the valve body () closes the suction intake () so that it is fluid-tight below a predefined pressure inside the feed line () and opens said intake when the predefined pressure inside the feed line () is exceeded. The invention further relates to a fuel tank, comprising a device () for pressure-dependent opening of a suction intake ().

Device for pressure-dependent opening of a suction intake

The invention relates to a fuel tank () for a motor vehicle with at least one filler pipe () which extends partially outside the filling volume () of the fuel tank (), with at least one refuelling venting path from a refuelling venting device () to a fuel vapor filter (), and with at least one operational venting path to the fuel vapor filter (). The fuel tank () comprises at least one operational venting line () which is attached to the filler pipe () inside the filling volume of the fuel tank ().

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