Method and device for filling containers
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorRonald Neufert
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Abstract
A device for simultaneously filling a container serving as a fuel tank and a container serving as a reducing-agent container with a single pump nozzle is used for environmentally friendly internal combustion engines with exhaust-gas purification systems requiring both tanks which are to be refilled repeatedly. Filler necks of the containers as well as outlet pipes disposed in the pump nozzle and assigned to the filler necks, are combined. A method for filling the containers is also provided.
Claims15
A filling device in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a fuel tank associated with a first filler neck and a reducing-agent tank associated with a second filler neck, said filler necks combined to form a subassembly;
- and
- a single pump nozzle having two outlet pipes each assigned to a respective one of said filler necks for simultaneously filling said fuel tank and said reducing-agent tank, said outlet pipes combined to form a subassembly.
In a method for filling two containers of a system, the improvement which comprises:
- simultaneously filling the two containers with a single pump nozzle having two outlet pipes by filling through a filling connection;
- and
- venting during the filling step through a vent opening parallel to the filling connection.
In a method for filling a fuel tank and a reducing-agent tank surrounded by the fuel tank in a system, the improvement which comprises:
- simultaneously filling the fuel tank and the reducing-agent tank with a single pump nozzle having two outlet pipes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.