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US 8,522,816 B2Granted
Device for controlling fuel in a fuel tank
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorsKarl Eck, Dieter Hagist, Matthias Kadler, Martin Maasz, Oliver Schönert, Michael Teichert
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Abstract
A device for collecting fuel in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle having a prefilter arranged inside a swirl pot. The prefilter has a section rising from a horizontal plane and a section lying in the horizontal plane. The sections of the prefilter are produced as one piece and are connected to the swirl pot. The prefilter has an especially large surface.
Claims9
A device for collecting fuel in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a swirl pot having a base plate and a wall extending from the base plate;
- a fuel pump having a suction input connection arranged in the swirl pot;
- a pre-filter arranged in the swirl pot and having at least one portion that projects at an angle greater than zero from a horizontal plane, wherein the pre-filter is retained by its edges on the wall of the swirl pot and the suction input connection extends through the pre-filter into a collecting chamber delimited by the pre-filter and the base plate;
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- a fine filter fluidically arranged at an output of the fuel pump.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.