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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Stratz, Sindelfingen, DE;
Karl-Heinz Kempka, Esslingen, DE;
Assignee:
M C Micro Compact Car Aktiengesellschaft, Biel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123519 ; 220 862 ; 123516 ;
Abstract
In a fuel tank with a filler neck of plastic material which filler neck is connected at one end to the fuel tank and has a filler opening at its other end, a vent pipe extending from the tank to the filler opening, an adsorber chamber with a chamber opening and a fuel vapor conduit providing for communication of the tank with the adsorber chamber are all integrally formed with the filler neck in a single blow molding step, the adsorber chamber, after being filled with a bag of activated carbon, being closed by a lid which carries a regeneration valve and covers the chamber opening.