Fuel container with liquid separator that can be pneumatically emptied

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9878612
APP PUB NO 20160023549A1
SERIAL NO

14773591

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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.

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TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH31 LOCKFELD STREET RASTADT GERMANY RASTATT BADEN-WURTTEMBERG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boecker, Albert J Ettlingen, DE 24 34
Dobmaier, Andreas W Karlsruhe, DE 11 37
Ehler, Alex Rastatt, DE 22 54
Gmuend, Patrick Karlsruhe, DE 11 26
Grauer, Peter Steinweiler, DE 32 111
Michaelis, Gerrit Durmersheim, DE 9 7
Olbrich, Matthias B Rastatt, DE 19 43

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