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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Manfred Weigl, Sinzing, DE;
Philippe Grass, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/08 (2006.01); G01M 3/32 (2006.01); G01N 25/18 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0809 (2013.01); F02M 25/0818 (2013.01); G01M 3/3209 (2013.01); G01N 25/18 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03514 (2013.01); F02M 25/089 (2013.01); F02M 25/0836 (2013.01); F02M 25/0854 (2013.01); F02M 25/0872 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for monitoring for a rupture in a storage element of a fuel tank system having a fuel tank includes: detecting, by a mass flow sensor, thermal conductivity of an unmoved air mass in a first line of the fuel tank system; and identifying a rupture in the storage element if the detecting by the mass flow sensor detects a change in the thermal conductivity of the unmoved air mass in the first line when a second valve is in a closed state and/or when an air pump is at a standstill.