Ventilation device for a fuel tank
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorMartin Essing
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Abstract
A ventilation device for a fuel tank includes an antisurge element designed as a porous component manufactured from sintered plastic. The antisurge element prevents fuel which is sloshing around in the fuel tank from penetrating into an activated carbon filter of the ventilation device. The antisurge element is a fixed component that does not require any movable parts and is produced particularly cost-effectively.
Claims5
A ventilation device for a fuel tank having an equalizing opening arrangeable in the fuel tank for equalizing a fuel tank pressure in the fuel tank with an ambient pressure surrounding the fuel tank, said ventilation device comprising an antisurge element arranged in front of said equalizing opening, said antisurge element comprising a fixed porous sintered part having a plurality of individual channels, each of said plural individual channels having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of said equalizing opening and having a length that is larger than the diameter of said each of said plural individual channels, wherein a configuration of said plural individual channels is operatively arranged for allowing a flow of a gas medium therethrough and producing a resistance to liquid flow which prevents sloshed fuel in the fuel tank which splashes against said antisurge element from flowing completely through said plural individual channels in said fixed porous sintered part such that the sloshed fuel is prevented from entering said ventilation device.
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