Fuel Tank for Vehicles

Abstract

The invention refers to a fuel tank for a vehicle equipped with a valve housing (8) and a ventilation opening (11) that has a ventilation valve (6) placed on an upper opening of the tank and projects into the tank interior, in which case the wall of the valve housing (8) is interspersed with at least one wall opening (17), a float 19 has been arranged in the valve housing (8) that can be moved from a resting to a closing position and has a sealing element (21) on its upper end, the float (19) is in a lower place in the valve housing (8) when it is in its resting position and the sealing element (21) releases the ventilation opening (11), the float (19), when in a closing position, closes the ventilation opening (11) with its sealing element (21) as soon as the closing level (27) is reached. Furthermore, there is a connecting channel K arranged between the valve interior (12) and the tank interior (13), ending with an outlet opening (22) located below the closing level (27) in the tank interior (13), in which case the outlet opening (22) is arranged above all other wall openings (17) directly connected to the tank interior.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.