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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2002
Ralf Bruenemann, Stuttgart, DE;
Eberhard Holder, Kusterdingen, DE;
Roland Kemmler, Stuttgart, DE;
Martin Matt, Bruchsal-Untergrombach, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A fuel fractionation device is provided for separating a low-boiling fuel fraction from a liquid fuel in an internal combustion engine, having a fuel tank which contains the liquid fuel and having a separator, to which an extracted fuel fraction mixture can be fed, and a reservoir to which the fuel fraction can be fed, and furthermore having a pump which extracts fuel vapor and air and has a pump drive. The pump and the pump drive are fixed in a housing and are accommodated removably in the fuel tank together with the separator and the reservoir, forming a structural unit.