A vent 110 and shutoff valve 104 is provided, including an upper portion with an inlet 213, 602 for receiving fluid and an outlet 207 for venting vapors. The upper portion mounts to an outer surface of a fuel tank 102. The lower portion extends into the fuel tank 102. The lower portion includes an elongated tubular valve housing 111, and a sliding sleeve housing 202 disposed within the valve housing 111 that defines a fluid pathway. The sliding sleeve housing 202 includes a bypass port 113 that fluidly couples the fluid pathway with a fluid channel 214 formed between an outer surface of the sliding sleeve housing 202 and an inner surface of the valve housing 111. The lower portion also includes a sliding sleeve 120 disposed within the sliding sleeve housing 202 that forms a fluid chamber. The fluid chamber is fluidly coupled with the fluid channel 214.
Integrated fuel tank vent and shutoff valve
2017-12-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |