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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Thorsten Breuer, Osnabrueck, DE;
Christian Scharping, Tuelau, DE;
Inventors:
Thorsten Breuer, Osnabrueck, DE;
Christian Scharping, Tuelau, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A filler neck for a fuel tank of a motor vehicle is provided. The filler neck comprises a filler pipe with a longitudinal axis and a circular cross section with an inner diameter. The filler neck further comprises a blocking element that is arranged inside the filler pipe and extends only inside a circle sector of a circle concentric to the circular cross section. The circle has a circle diameter that is smaller than the inner diameter. The circle sector has an angle at the center of less than 180°.