Passenger motor vehicle with fuel module arranged within a passenger compartment
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJosef Griesbaum
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Abstract
A passenger motor vehicle (1) has a passenger compartment (3) and a fuel tank module (4) is in the passenger compartment (3). The module (4) has first and second chambers (19, 20). The first chamber (19) holds a tank bladder and a catch tank (32) is arranged within the tank bladder. The second chamber (20) holds a fuel pump unit (33). The module (4) is sealed off from remaining areas of the passenger compartment (3), and fuel lines to the module (4) and from the module (4) to the internal combustion engine are arranged outside the passenger compartment (3). Thus, a high level of safety for the vehicle occupant is ensured despite the accommodation of the fuel module in the passenger compartment, and substantially complete emptying of the fuel in the fuel module is possible.
Claims19
A passenger motor vehicle having a passenger compartment and having a fuel tank module arranged in said passenger compartment, having fuel lines to the module, within the module and from the module to an internal combustion engine, characterized in that the module has a first chamber that holds a tank bladder and a catch tank arranged within the tank bladder, and a second chamber that holds a fuel pump unit, the module within the passenger compartment being completely sealed off to the outside, and the fuel lines to the module and from the module to the internal combustion engine being arranged outside the passenger compartment.
A passenger motor vehicle having a passenger compartment and a fuel tank module in the passenger compartment, the fuel tank module comprising:
- a first chamber that holds a tank bladder and a catch tank arranged within the tank bladder;
- a second chamber that holds a fuel pump unit;
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- fuel lines to the module and from the module to an internal combustion engine being arranged outside the passenger compartment so that fuel flow to and from the module is sealed off from the passenger compartment.
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