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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Applicant:
Andreas Menke, Tiefenbronn-Lehningen, DE;
Inventor:
Andreas Menke, Tiefenbronn-Lehningen, DE;
Assignee:
Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/08 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); B01D 53/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/089 (2013.01); F02M 25/0818 (2013.01); F02M 25/0872 (2013.01); F02M 25/0836 (2013.01); F02M 25/08 (2013.01); B60K 15/03504 (2013.01); B01D 53/04 (2013.01); B01D 2257/702 (2013.01); B01D 2259/40086 (2013.01); B01D 2259/4516 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine () that is supplied with fuel from a fuel tank (). A regeneratable filter device () is associated with the fuel tank () and can be connected to a vacuum storage device () for purging the filter device (). To simplify and/or improve the regeneration of the filter device, the vacuum storage device () is arranged outside an intake tract of the internal combustion engine () and is associated with the fuel tank ().