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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Fuel tank system especially for motor vehicles and method for controlling and monitoring said system
Klaus J. Heimbrodt, Löchgau, DE;
Helmut Auernhammer, Höttingen, DE;
Thomas Theuer, Treuchtlingen, DE;
Thomas Conrad, Treuchtlingen, DE;
Ewald Duermeier, Moeglingen, DE;
Bertold Ediger, Backnang, DE;
Lothar Mauz, Esslingen, DE;
Dieter Scheurenbrand, Wolfschlugen, DE;
Manfred Stotz, Aichwald, DE;
Manfred Weil, Schorndorf, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for filling a fuel tank (,) with a filling conduit (,). The fuel flow entering the tank is directed by a through flow sensor (,) in order to control and monitor the filling process. A particularly suitable tank system (,) for implementation of said method comprises a fuel tank (,), a filling tube (,) surrounding a filling conduit (,) and discharging into said fuel tank, an adsorption filler (,) connected to the gas area (,) of the tank (,) and a through-flow sensor (,) which detects the flow of fuel in the filling tube (,).