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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Markus Distelhoff, Frankfurt, DE;
Karl Eck, Frankfurt, DE;
Winfried Fröhlich, Bad Camberg, DE;
Dieter Keller, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Justus Klöker, Neu-Anspach, DE;
Knut Meyer, Essen, DE;
Ingo Mohr, Höhn, DE;
Bernd Rumpf, Nidderau-Windecken, DE;
Wolfgang Sinz, Sulzbach, DE;
Mannesmann Vdo AG, , DE;
Abstract
A device for supplying an internal combustion engine (,) of a motor vehicle with fuel has a return line (,) which is passed into a fuel tank (,) and has a wall made of a material of high thermal conductivity. The return line (,) is arranged within a ventilation duct (,). Cooling air is conveyed through the ventilation duct (,) to the return line (,). This is a simple means of limiting the maximum temperature of the fuel in the fuel tank (,).