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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Ti Automotive Technology Center Gmbh, Rastatt, DE;
Albert J. Boecker, Ettlingen, DE;
Andreas W. Dobmaier, Karlsruhe, DE;
Alex Ehler, Rastatt, DE;
Patrick Gmuend, Karlsruhe, DE;
Peter Grauer, Steinweiler, DE;
Gerrit Michaelis, Durmersheim, DE;
Matthias B. Olbrich, Rastatt, DE;
TI Automotive Technology Center GmbH, Rastatt, DE;
Abstract
A fuel container, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising an aereation and de-aereation device for balancing the internal gas pressure during filling of the container with fuel and during consumption of the fuel during the operation of a working machine powered by the fuel. The aereation and de-aereation device has a separator device for separating liquid fuel from an aereation and de-aereation line. In order to permit the separator device to be emptied, if a fuel pump, which serves this purpose during normal operation, is not in operation, the separator device comprises a housing and a pipe nozzle which is connected to the housing either directly or via a pipeline and in which pressure fluctuations occur as a result of incoming and outgoing fuel, said fluctuations acting as a pump for emptying the separator device.