# US 10,245,942 B2 · Operating medium tank arrangement for a motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,942 B2 - Document ID: US10245942B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/229,900 - Filed: 2016-08-05 - Published: 2017-02-09 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-06 - Assignees: Audi AG - Applicants: Audi AG - Inventors: Harald Hagen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245942B2 ## CPC - B60K 15/04: Tank inlets (B60K15/077 takes precedence) - B60K 15/035: characterised by venting means - B60K 2015/03509: {with a droplet separator in the vent line} - B60K 2015/03552: {the venting means are integrated into the fuel filler pipe} - B60K 2015/0458: {Details of the tank inlet} - B60K 2015/0461: {comprising a filler pipe shutter, e.g. trap, door or flap for fuel inlet} - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES ## Abstract An operating medium tank arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an operating medium tank; a filling tube for refueling the operating medium tank, wherein the filling tube is fluidly connected on one side to the operating medium tank and on the other side has an insertion opening for receiving a refueling device; a guide insert arranged in the filling tube for guiding the refueling device; and a liquid separator including a separator chamber which is divided into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber, wherein the first sub-chamber is fluidly connected to the operating medium tank via a ventilation line, wherein the second sub-chamber is fluidly connected to a filter device, wherein the separator chamber is fluidly connected to the filling tube for purging operating medium separated in the liquid separator into the filling tube, and wherein the first sub-chamber and the second sub-chamber are fluidly connected with each other via a labyrinth separator which is formed by the liquid separator and the filling tube. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operating medium tank arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising: an operating medium tank; a filling tube for refueling the operating medium tank, said filling tube being fluidly connected on one side to the operating medium tank and on the other side has an insertion opening for receiving a refueling device; a guide insert arranged in the filling tube for guiding the refueling device; and a liquid separator comprising a separator chamber which is divided into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber, said first sub-chamber being fluidly connected to the operating medium tank via a ventilation line, said second sub-chamber being fluidly connected to a filter device, said separator chamber being fluidly connected to the filling tube for purging operating medium separated in the liquid separator into the filling tube, said first sub-chamber and said second sub-chamber being fluidly connected with each other via a labyrinth separator which is formed by the liquid separator and the filling tube, wherein the separator chamber is formed in a separator housing of the liquid separator, said first sub-chamber being separated from the second sub-chamber by at least one separating web arranged in the separator housing, wherein the at least one separating web traverses the entire separator housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 1, wherein the guide insert has a deflection web and wherein the at least one separating web is arranged so as to overlap with the deflection web of the guide insert. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 2, further comprising a further separating web arranged in the separator housing and separating the first and second sub-chamber, said deflection web engaging between the at least one separating web and the further separating web. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 3, wherein the further separating web extends further toward the guide insert than the at least one separating web. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 3, wherein the liquid separator has multiple support webs which extend into the filling tube and which support the at least one separating web and the further separating web on respective opposing sides of the at least one separating web and the further separating web. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 5, wherein the support webs are configured semicircular. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 2, wherein the guide insert has a first guide tube for receiving the refueling device, said operating tank arrangement further comprising a closure flap pivotally supported on the guide insert, and being movable into a first position in which it closes the first guide tube of the guide insert on a side of the first guide tube which faces the liquid separator and a second position in which it releases the first guide tube. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 7, wherein the guide insert has a second guide tube for receiving the refueling device, said second guide tube being spaced apart from the first guide tube, said deflection web being arranged on the second guide tube. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 3, wherein the at least one separating web, the further separating web and the deflection web extend parallel to each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The operating medium tank arrangement of claim 8, wherein the at least one separating web, the further separating web and the deflection web form an angle with a plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal center axis of the second guide tube.