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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1996
Reinhard Steinkaemper, Winnenden, DE;
Adolf Kremer, Remseck, DE;
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A filling system for robot-capable filling of a motor vehicle with fuel includes a filler nozzle and a tank filler neck having a cylindrical docking extension provided with a central opening mounted on the filler side. In the upper section of the extension, rotatable around the axis of symmetry for the opening and closing of the tank closure, the filler nozzle is dockable by its outlet end to form a positive connection between the filler nozzle and the docking extension. In order to achieve in simple fashion a docking of the filler nozzle on the filler neck of the vehicle fuel tank for filling the tank that is always functionally reliable and free of impediments, it is provided that the positive elements of the two docking partners are lockable in one another in a locked position that acts axially and locks in a circumferential direction, with the positive elements of one of the docking partners being guided radially movably and flexibly tensioned in a working position opposite to the force of a pretensioning spring. The positive elements of the other docking partner are mounted rigidly, and the two docking partners are so designed that the radially displaceable positive elements are operable by a force directed axially to the docking extension.