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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Keun Soo Kim, Yongin-Si, KR;
June Young Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Chang Jun Park, Changwon-si, KR;
Seung Kyun Lee, Gwacheon-si, KR;
Chang Han Park, Gwangju, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02M 59/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/3082 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02M 59/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for preventing overflow of fuel from a vehicle fuel tank are provided may prevent liquid fuel from overflowing into a canister by for a predetermined time storing liquid fuel, which overflows from a fuel tank through a vent valve while the vehicle is traveling, in a fuel overflow prevention chamber, and by returning the fuel in the fuel overflow prevention chamber to the fuel tank by driving a fuel pump in a reverse direction when an engine is turned off.