Device for diagnosis of a tank ventilation system of a vehicle

• US 6,112,728 A
• Filed: 08/17/1998
• Issued: 09/05/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Blumenstock, Andreas, Schwegler, Helmut
• Primary Examiner(s): Yuen, Henry C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Castro, Arnold
• Application Number:
  US09/135,364
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 123/520, 123/516, 123/518, 123/519, 123/198 D
• US Class Current: 123/520
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 25/0818 having means for pressurising the evaporative emission space

Abstract

A device for diagnosis of a tank ventilation system of a vehicle, including a tank, an adsorption filter that communicates with the tank by way of a tank connection line and has a ventilation line, a tank ventilation valve that communicates with the adsorption filter by way of a valve line, and an on-board pressure source, by means of which the tank ventilation system can be acted upon with a pressure. A shut-off device is provided that only opens when the tank ventilation system is acted on with pressure by means of the on-board pressure source and closes when the tank ventilation system is acted on with pressure by means of a pressure source connected externally for the purpose of functionality testing.

Claims

1. A device for diagnosis of a tank ventilation system of a vehicle, comprising a tank (10), an adsorption filter (20) that communicates with the tank (10) by way of a tank connection (12), a ventilation line (22) connected with said adsorption filter, a tank ventilation valve (30) that communicates with the adsorption filter (20) by way of a valve line (24) and with an intake tube via a line (42), an on-board pressure source (71, 72), by means of said on-board pressure source the tank ventilation system is acted upon with an on-board pressure, a shut-off device (80) in a line connected with said on-board pressure source that only opens when the tank ventilation system is acted on with pressure of the on-board pressure source (71, 72) and closes when the tank ventilation system is acted on with pressure by means of a pressure source (100) connected externally for a purpose of functionality testing.

2. The device according to claim 1, in which the shut-off device (80) is disposed in a flow direction immediately upstream of the pressure source (71, 72).

3. The device according to claim 1, in which the shut-off device (80) is a check valve.

4. The device according to claim 1, in which the shut-off device (80) is disposed in a flow direction immediately downstream of the pressure source (71, 72).

5. The device according to claim 1, in which the shut-off device is disposed so that the shut-off device is not contained in the flow path of the regenerating air of the adsorption filter (20).

6. The device according to claim 4, in which the shut-off device (80) is a check valve.

7. The device according to claim 5, in which the shut-off device (80) is a check valve.

8. The device according to claim 5, in which the shut-off device (80) is disposed in a flow direction immediately downstream of the pressure source (71, 72).

9. The device according to claim 5, in which the shut-off device (80) is disposed in a flow direction immediately upstream of the pressure source (71, 72).

10. The device according to claim 8, in which the shut-off device (80) is a check valve.

11. A device for diagnosis of a tank ventilation system of a vehicle, comprising a tank (10), an adsorption filter (20) that communicates with the tank (10) by way of a tank connection line (12), a ventilation line (22) connected with said adsorption filter, a tank ventilation valve (30) that communicates with the adsorption filter (20) by way of a valve line (24) and with an intake tube via a line (42), an on-board pressure source (71, 72), by means of said on-board pressure source, by way of a switching mechanism (73), the tank ventilation system and a reference leak (75) connected in parallel to said switching mechanism can be alternating acted upon with pressure, in which a shut-off device (80) is provided that opens and is flowed through both when the reference leak (75) is acted on with pressure and when the tank ventilation system is acted on with pressure.

12. The device according to claim 11, in which the switching mechanism (75) is switched so that the shut-off device (80) is not flowed through during a regeneration procedure of the activated charcoal filter (20).

13. The device according to claim 11, in which the reference leak (75) is part of the switching mechanism (73).

14. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that the switching mechanism (73) is a 4/2-way valve.

15. The device according to claim 11, in which the switching mechanism (73) is a 3/2-way valve.

16. The device according to claim 13, in which the switching mechanism (75) is switched so that the shut-off device (80) is not flowed through during a regeneration procedure of the activated charcoal filter (20).

17. The device according to claim 14, in which the reference leak (75) is part of the switching mechanism (73).

18. The device according to claim 14, in which the switching mechanism (75) is switched so that the shut-off device (80) is not flowed through during a regeneration procedure of the activated charcoal filter (20).

19. The device according to claim 15, in which the reference leak (75) is part of the switching mechanism (73).

20. The device according to claim 15, in which the switching mechanism (75) is switched so that the shut-off device (80) is not flowed through during a regeneration procedure of the activated charcoal filter (20).