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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/206 (2013.01); F01N 3/2066 (2013.01); F01N 2610/02 (2013.01); F01N 2610/10 (2013.01); F01N 2610/1406 (2013.01); F01N 2610/1426 (2013.01); F01N 2610/1486 (2013.01); F01N 2610/1493 (2013.01); Y02T 10/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a device for providing a liquid additive, the device having a delivery path running from a tank to an additive dispensing device, at least one section of the delivery path forming a jacket, includes: delivering the liquid additive from the tank to the additive dispensing device along the delivery path in a delivery direction; stopping the delivery of the liquid additive; at least partially evacuating the section of the delivery path; and forming a thermal insulator in the jacket by the evacuated delivery path.