Funnel insert for a filler tube of a fuel tank

1. A device for a fuel tank in a motor vehicle, the device comprising:

a filler tube having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner and outer surfaces facing radially, the filler tube configured to receive a fuel nozzle;

a funnel insert arranged in an end portion of the filler tube; and

a fluid barrier arranged in a space defined between an outside surface of the funnel insert and the radially facing inner surface of the filler tube,

wherein the fluid barrier is in the form of a sealing body arranged on the outside surface about a circumference of the funnel insert,

wherein the sealing body comprises a sealing lip engaged on the inner surface of the filler tube in portions or circumferentially, and consists of a material having a higher flexibility than a material of the funnel insert, and

wherein the funnel insert comprises latching projections projecting radially outward from the funnel insert and being spaced radially inwardly from the inner surface of the filler tube such that the sealing body is latched onto the funnel insert by means of the latching projections.

2. The funnel insert according to claim 1 , wherein the funnel insert consists of POM material and the sealing body consists of HDPE material.

3. The funnel insert according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing body is produced together with the funnel insert in a two-component injection molding process.

4. The funnel insert according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing body is adhesively bonded, welded, clamped or riveted to the funnel insert.

5. The funnel insert according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing body has an elongation-at-break value of over 50%.

6. The funnel insert according to claim 1 , wherein a distance of 10 to 30 mm is present between the filler tube and the funnel insert.