Fuel tank for a motor vehicle

Claim 1

A fuel tank with a rear wall for an automotive vehicle, comprising a filler pipe terminating in the upper portion on one side of the rear wall and having sections extending obliquely to the rear wall in a horizontal plane; a rectilinear rear section of the filler pipe extending rearwardly from said sections at an inclination and being provided with an opening for the insertion of a fuel discharge pipe; support means located in the opening defining an aperture of smaller area than that of the opening and providing a sufficient passage means for venting of air from the fuel tank, a portion of the opening being of larger area than the aperture defined by the support means being located to the rear of the support means as viewed in the inflow direction of fuel during a filling operation such that the fuel discharge pipe rests against a lower edge of the large area portion of the opening and an upper surface of the fuel discharge pipe rests against the support means; a vent pipe from the fuel tank terminating in the filler pipe to the rear of the support means as viewed in the inflow direction of the fuel; and the rear section having a lower inner wall with an inwardly formed step-like indentation as viewed in the inflow direction of fuel directly downstream of the lower inner surface of the opening upon which the fuel discharge pipe always rests during the filling operation so that fuel impinges the inner wall of the filler pipe at a relatively large distance from the fuel discharge pipe exit for an unimpaired inflow of fuel.