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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Heinz Mutter, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
GreenField AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method for filling a vehicle fuel tank with a gas is provided, in which the vehicle fuel tank ( ) is connected to a delivery device ( ) by a pressure-tight line ( ) and the gas stored under pressure is filled into the vehicle fuel tank ( ) from a storage unit ( ) by means of the delivery device ( ). The method comprises the following steps: the instantaneous value of a parameter, which is representative of the instantaneous level of filling of the vehicle fuel tank ( ), is determined during filling with the aid of a sensor apparatus ( ) arranged in the vehicle fuel tank ( ) the filling is ended when the parameter has reached a pre-settable end value.