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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:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Romanek, Noailles, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 2/404 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 2/404 ;
Abstract
A device for ventilating a motor vehicle fuel tank comprises a chamber ( ) communicating with the tank and, through a top outlet ( ), with a discharge duct ( ). The device further comprises, inside the chamber ( ), a float ( ) controlling a needle valve ( ) for closing the top outlet ( ) when the fuel level exceeds a predetermined threshold in the chamber ( ). The device also comprises, between the tank and the float ( ), flow restricting elements ( ) for limiting the fuel displacement speed before it comes into contact with the float ( ).