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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 28, 1998
Tesma Motoren-Und Getriebetechnik GmbH, Preding-Krottendorf, AT;
Abstract
To provide a simple on-board refueling vapor recovery (ORVR) system without separate check valves and the like, a multi-path valve, typically a 6/2 valve (5) is provided, and formed with a discrete switching path (13) which is inserted in a pressure equalization line (12). Upon valve operation between a fuel filling mode position and an operating mode position, respectively, the valve switches the discrete switching path of the pressure equalization line (12) to connect the equalization line (12) to a fuel vapor receptor through a valve outlet when the valve (5) is in operating mode position, while blocking the equalization line (12) when the valve (6) is in filling mode position. A roll-over valve (14) can be integrated into the system, preferably coupled to a small-diameter pressure equalization duct (15) with a fill vent line (3) which, by operation of the valve, is open when a nozzle (9) is introduced into a filling stub (2) for the fuel tank, but closed when the nozzle is removed, leaving only an operating vent line (4), the pressure equalization line (12) and the small-diameter pressure equalization duct (15) in communication with the outlet from the valve leading to vapor receptor.