Fuel expansion tank
AssigneeRaviv Precision Injection Molding
InventorsMoshe Ehrman, Udi Orenstein, Zohar Moalem
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Abstract
A fuel expansion device for a vehicle fuel tank, the device comprising a housing formed of a first housing member and a second housing member, both made of an essentially impermeable material and being sealingly and impermeably attached to one another. At least one inlet port for fuel fluid ingress is formed in the first member and is in flow communication with the fuel tank, and an outlet port is formed in the second member connectable to a fuel fluid handling device.
Claims17
A fuel expansion device for a vehicle fuel tank, the device comprising a housing formed of a first housing member and a second housing member;
- said first and second members being made of an essentially impermeable material and being sealingly and impermeably attached to one another;
- at least one inlet port for fuel fluid ingress formed in said first member and being in flow communication with the fuel tank;
- an outlet port formed in said second member and connectable to a fuel fluid handling device.
A fuel system comprising a fuel tank, one or more fuel fluid outlets from said fuel tank, a fuel recovery device and a fuel expansion device extending between the fuel fluid outlets and the fuel recovery device, said expansion device comprising a housing formed of a first housing member and a second housing member;
- said first and second members being made of an essentially non-permeable material and being sealingly attached to one another;
- at least one inlet port for fuel fluid ingress formed in said first member and being in flow communication with the one or more fuel fluid outlets;
- an outlet port formed in said second member and connectable to the fuel recovery device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.