Method for controlling a filling process of a motor vehicle tank and motor vehicle tank for carrying out the method
AssigneeKautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAxel Barkow, Dirk Eulitz, Stefan Wind
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Abstract
A method for controlling a filling process of a motor vehicle tank comprising the following steps: determine a geographical location of the motor vehicle tank; determining, by means of a tank control device, whether the geographical location of the motor vehicle tank is within a predetermined geographical area; and determining a shut-off filling volume dependent on the geographical location of the motor vehicle tank, if the geographical location of the motor vehicle tank is within the predetermined geographical area.
Claims19
A method for controlling a filling process of a motor vehicle tank, the method comprising:
- determining a geographical location of the motor vehicle tank by an electronic unit;
- transmitting the geographical location of the motor vehicle tank determined by the electronic unit to a tank control device;
- determining, by the tank control device, that the geographical location of the motor vehicle tank is within a predetermined geographical area;
- determining, by the tank control device, a shut-off filling volume dependent on the geographical location of the motor vehicle tank in response to the geographical position of the motor vehicle tank being within the predetermined geographical area;
- determining that a filling operation of the motor vehicle tank is to be initiated;
- outputting an opening signal from the tank control device to at least one vent valve when a filling volume of the motor vehicle tank is less than the shut-off filling volume;
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- moving the at least one vent valve to its open position upon receipt of the opening signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.