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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Wolfgang Aschoff, Stuttgart, DE;
Jurgen Kraus, Esslingen, DE;
Wolfgang Liebhart, München, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B031/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a fuel tank installation including a fuel tank with an expansion volume, a filler neck connected to the fuel tank for refueling, a fill vent line for venting the fuel tank during refueling and an operating vent line for venting the expansion volume of the tank, electrically operable valve means for blocking the operating vent line are arranged in a penetration area of the fuel tank where the operating vent line extends through the fuel tank.