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Title:
タンク集成装置およびタンク集成装置を伴う乗り物
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012511469
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A tank arrangement for a vehicle, particularly a truck, includes at least a first fuel tank and a second fuel tank which are connected by a balancing pipe, a suction pipe for feeding fuel to an engine and a return pipe for feeding fuel from the engine to at least one of the fuel tanks. The balancing pipe is provided with a first end to supply fuel to the first tank and a second end to suck fuel from the second tan, wherein a check valve is arranged upstream of the return pipe in the balancing pipe between the at least two tanks allowing a flow direction from the second tank to the first tank and blocking a flow in the reverse direction. Suction of fuel to the engine is from the first tank only. The check valve provides an automatic purging of the system.

Inventors:
Sonderegger, Sigurd
Ivalousson, Andels
Application Number:
JP2011540655A
Publication Date:
May 24, 2012
Filing Date:
December 12, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Volvo Last Bagner Arbe
International Classes:
B60K15/01; B60K15/03
Domestic Patent References:
JPH06107003A1994-04-19
JPH03123726U1991-12-16
JPH0161454U1989-04-19
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shigenobu
Hideo Shimizu
Yuichi Takagi
Ryoichi Mizobuchi
Masayuki Ogura
Hideki Akiba
Taeko Katata