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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Markus Distelhoff, Griesheim, DE;
Stefan Fühling, Dortmund, DE;
Helmut Reischl, München, DE;
Thomas Zapp, Dortmund, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/308 ;
Abstract
A fuel tank for a motor vehicle is described and has a collector tank disposed in its interior for extracting air from it. The collector tank is connected to a pressure-equalizing device that is disposed outside the fuel tank and has an activated carbon filter. Fuel penetrating into the collector tank is extracted by suction by a pump configured as a suction jet pump. As a result, the fuel tank has particularly low levels of fuel emission.