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US 9,925,864 B2Granted
Method and valve for venting a fuel tank
AssigneePlastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
InventorsSebastien Jouie, Pierre Lacome
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Abstract
A valve including: a chamber configured to extend at least partly into a tank and to be connected via an upper venting aperture to a venting circuit; and a shut-off point defining a single maximum filling level within the tank, located away from the chamber, the shut-off point being in fluid communication with the chamber via a conduit, wherein the conduit includes a venting tube.
Claims6
A fuel tank comprising:
- a first compartment and a second compartment;
- a bridge between the compartments;
- and
- a valve comprising:
- a chamber configured to extend at least partly into a tank and configured to be connected via an upper venting aperture to a venting circuit;
- and
- a shut-off point defining a single maximum filling level within the tank, located away from the chamber, the shut-off point being in fluid communication with the chamber,
- wherein the shut-off point is in fluid communication with the chamber via a conduit,
- wherein the conduit comprises a venting tube, and
- wherein one end of the conduit is located below a top of the bridge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.