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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Burkhard Kraft, Isenbuttel, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswage AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141382 ; 141 59 ; 141326 ; 220 862 ;
Abstract
In the particular embodiments described in the specification, a motor vehicle tank has a filling tube with a vent orifice connected to a device for adsorbing fuel vapors and a sealing arrangement including two annular lips spaced on opposite sides of the vent orifice and arranged to sealingly engage a filling pump nozzle to seal off the orifice from the fuel tank and from the atmosphere during filling of the tank.