IP Library Granted Patent US 10,106,033
Granted Patent B2
US 10,106,033 · App. 15/105,257 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Fuel collection device for a motor vehicle

Inventor: Marc Gerhardt (Dortmund, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
B60K15/077B60K15/03B60K2015/03111B60K2015/03236B60K2015/03256B60K2015/0777
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Patent No.
US 10,106,033
App. No.
15/105,257
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuel collection device for a motor vehicle, includes: a splash pot; and a prefilter arranged in a bottom region of the splash pot. The prefilter has first annular part structures and second annular part structures, the first and second annular part structures being arranged so as to lie opposite one another.

Claims (11)

1. A fuel collection device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a splash pot ( 1 );

a prefilter ( 3 ) arranged in a bottom region of the splash pot ( 1 ), the prefilter having first annular part structures ( 6 ) and second annular part structures ( 7 ), the first and second annular part structures ( 6 , 7 ) being arranged so as to lie opposite one another; and

a holding element ( 2 ) arranged on a bottom of a fuel tank so as to fasten the splash pot ( 1 ),

wherein the second annular part structures ( 7 ) are arranged on the splash pot ( 1 ) and the first annular part structures ( 6 ) are arranged on the holding element ( 2 ), and

wherein the first annular part structures ( 6 ) are configured as channel-like depressions in the holding element ( 2 ) and the second annular part structures ( 7 ) are configured as elevations ( 9 ) on the splash pot ( 1 ), the elevations ( 9 ) and depressions ( 8 ) being formed of injection-molded plastic.

2. The fuel collection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second annular part structures ( 6 , 7 ) are arcuate in configuration.

3. The fuel collection device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the arcuate configuration of the first annular part structures ( 6 ) is arranged oppositely to the arcuate configuration of the second annular part structures ( 7 ).

4. The fuel collection device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a bottom valve ( 11 ) arranged in the radially inner region ( 5 ) of the second annular part structures ( 7 ).

5. The fuel collection device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the holding element ( 2 ) is of planar configuration in a region of the prefilter ( 3 ), and the splash pot ( 1 ) has a recess ( 12 ) configured to permit fuel inflow to the prefilter ( 3 ).

6. The fuel collection device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first annular part structures ( 6 ) taper toward the radially inner region ( 5 ) of the prefilter ( 3 ) and are longer than the second annular part structures ( 7 ).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053262/0307 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: GERHARDT, MARC
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 039013/0326 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 226 291 · Dec 17, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160311318A1 · Oct 27, 2016