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US 6,206,035 B1Granted
Safety device for a fuel tank
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorsHolger Wehner, Jürgen Ehinger
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Abstract
A safety system for use in a motor vehicle fuel system in which fuel flow components generate electrostatic charges. The system includes a fuel pump that has a housing that is electrically connected to ground potential and an electrically conductive safety device that connects each fuel flow component to the fuel pump housing for discharging static electricity to ground through the fuel pump housing.
Claims5
A safety system for use in a fuel tank, particularly for motor vehicles, comprising:
- (a) a fuel pump having a housing electrically connected to ground potential;
- (b) a fuel flow component associated with the fuel pump, which component tends to build up electrostatic charges during use, and;
- (c) an electrically conductive safety device connected between the fuel pump housing and the fuel flow component.
A safety system as defined in 1 wherein the fuel flow component is a filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.