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GB2396590A
GB2396590A GB0328931A GB0328931A GB2396590A GB 2396590 A GB2396590 A GB 2396590A GB 0328931 A GB0328931 A GB 0328931A GB 0328931 A GB0328931 A GB 0328931A GB 2396590 A GB2396590 A GB 2396590A
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Peter Kuhn
Jorg Eberhard
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WIETMARSCHER AMBULANZ und SOND
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K15/04—Tank inlets
    • B60K15/05—Inlet covers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K15/04—Tank inlets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/50—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F21/00—Mobile visual advertising
    • G09F21/04—Mobile visual advertising by land vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
    • B60W50/00—Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces
    • B60W50/08—Interaction between the driver and the control system
    • B60W50/14—Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
    • B60W2050/143—Alarm means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
    • B60W50/00—Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces
    • B60W50/08—Interaction between the driver and the control system
    • B60W50/14—Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
    • B60W2050/146—Display means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
    • B60W2530/00—Input parameters relating to vehicle conditions or values, not covered by groups B60W2510/00 or B60W2520/00
    • B60W2530/213—Fuel type

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Abstract

A signalling device 22 for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle 10 is provided for informing about the required type of fuel. An optical signalling element 24 is provided at the motor vehicle 10 signalling the type of fuel to be used. The signal can be acoustically supported by a loud speaker 28. The optical element 24 may be an intermittent signal or a flashing lamp. It may comprise LED elements and may be triggered by a switch on opening of a fuel tank filler lid 18.

Description

! 1 2396590
Optical fuel display for vehicles 10 Technical Field
The invention relates to a signalling device for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle for informing about the required kind of fuel.
15 Prior Art
Very often it happens, that the wrong kind of fuel is accidently or due to ignorance used when the fuel tank of a motor vehicle is filled. For example diesel fuel is filled into the fuel tank of the motor vehicle instead of petrol.
The British GB 2 366 776 A deals with this problem. In this document an acoustical spoken notice is recorded. When the lid of the fuel tank is opened the words of a speaker can be acoustically heard, telling which Intel has to be used now.
25 The disadvantage of this acoustical recording is, that a foreigner not knowing the language of the spoken words still does not know which kind of fuel has to be used for the motor vehicle. A comparison with notices written on the petrol pump is normally also not possible. Furthermore the noise at, for example, petrol stations along the motor highway makes it difficult to understand the automatized voice.
Disclosure of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a signalling device removing the disadvantages of the aforementioned prior art.
According to the invention this object is achieved in that for a signalling device for 5 inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle of the above mentioned kind an optical signalling element is provided at the vehicle signalling the kind of fuel.
Further modifications of the invention are subject matter of the subclaims. An embodiment of the invention is described in greater detail hereinbelow with reference to 10 the accompanying drawings.
Brief description of the drawing
Fig.1 is a scotch of a section of a motor vehicle with a signalling device according 15 to the invention.
Description of a preferred embodiment
In Fig. 1 numeral 10 denotes a motor vehicle, only a side section of which can be seen in 20 this drawing. A filler neck 12 for filling fuel into the fuel tank of the motor vehicle 10 is provided next to the door 14 at an intermediate bar 16. The fuel tank cannot be seen in this drawing.
The filler neck 12 is closed by a tank lid 18. A sensor 20 is provided at the tank lid 18 25 detecting the state,,open" and,,closed" of the tank lid 18.
When the tank lid 18 is opened and the filler neck 12 of the motor vehicle 10 is released for filling in the fuel, an optical signalling device 22 starts flashing. The optical signalling device of the described embodiment is an LED-display 24. Non-moving words 30 or a moving light writing 26 can be displayed on the LED display 24. The words 25 contains a notice which fuel, for example,,diesel fuel" has to be used with this motor vehicle 10. To attract attention of the person filling in the fuel to these words 26, an
additional acoustic whistling sound is generated. The sound is generated by a loud speaker 28.

Claims (8)

A 5 Claims
1. Signalling device (22) for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle for informing about the required kind of fuel, characterized in that an optical signalling 10 element (24) is provided at the vehicle signalling the kind of fuel.
2. Signalling device (22) for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the optical element (24) is an intermittent signal lamp or a flash lamp.
3. Signalling device (22) for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle (10) according to one of the claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the optical element (24) is a display.
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4. Signalling device (22) for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle (10) according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that LED-elements are provided as signal elements.
5. Signalling device (22) for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle (10) 25 according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a switch or a sensor (20) is provided switching on the signal element (24) during the inserting process.
6. Signalling device (22) for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of motor vehicle (10) according to claim 5, characterized in that the switch or sensor (24) switches on the 30 opticals signalling element (24) when the lid (18) of the tank is opened.
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7. Signalling device (22) for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle (10) according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that an acoustical signal transmitter is provided.
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8. Signalling device (22) for inserting fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle (10) according to any of claims 1 to 7, characterized by an audio-response unit informing about a suitable fuel.
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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2005080115A1 (en) * 2004-01-23 2005-09-01 Etienne Le Roux Fuel-type indicator
FR2878516A1 (en) 2004-11-26 2006-06-02 Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa Introduced fuel type detecting device for fuel tank insert of motor vehicle, has logic controller to order sound and/or visual alarm when measured density of introduced fuel does not correspond to accepted density value stored in memory
GB2424401A (en) * 2005-03-21 2006-09-27 Gordon Christopher Robi Luxton Fuel type reminder arrangement
WO2015108720A1 (en) * 2014-01-20 2015-07-23 Illinois Tool Works Inc. System for filling at least one tank, motor vehicle comprising such a system and method for implementing such a system

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JPH10170484A (en) * 1996-12-12 1998-06-26 Nippon Treks Kk Discriminating device of kind of oil stored in tank
GB2366776A (en) * 2000-09-14 2002-03-20 John Philip Rumsey An audible fuel warning system for the fuel cap of a motor vehicle
GB2379642A (en) * 2001-09-12 2003-03-19 Adrian Philip Leach Vehicle fuel type reminder device
DE20218769U1 (en) * 2002-12-04 2003-03-27 Bamberg, Peter K., 28211 Bremen Warning sign, used during refueling, automatically hinges by about 90 degrees when tank flap is opened, and carries conspicuous inscription or instruction which contains warning regarding fuel type

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH10170484A (en) * 1996-12-12 1998-06-26 Nippon Treks Kk Discriminating device of kind of oil stored in tank
GB2366776A (en) * 2000-09-14 2002-03-20 John Philip Rumsey An audible fuel warning system for the fuel cap of a motor vehicle
GB2379642A (en) * 2001-09-12 2003-03-19 Adrian Philip Leach Vehicle fuel type reminder device
DE20218769U1 (en) * 2002-12-04 2003-03-27 Bamberg, Peter K., 28211 Bremen Warning sign, used during refueling, automatically hinges by about 90 degrees when tank flap is opened, and carries conspicuous inscription or instruction which contains warning regarding fuel type

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2005080115A1 (en) * 2004-01-23 2005-09-01 Etienne Le Roux Fuel-type indicator
FR2878516A1 (en) 2004-11-26 2006-06-02 Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Sa Introduced fuel type detecting device for fuel tank insert of motor vehicle, has logic controller to order sound and/or visual alarm when measured density of introduced fuel does not correspond to accepted density value stored in memory
GB2424401A (en) * 2005-03-21 2006-09-27 Gordon Christopher Robi Luxton Fuel type reminder arrangement
WO2015108720A1 (en) * 2014-01-20 2015-07-23 Illinois Tool Works Inc. System for filling at least one tank, motor vehicle comprising such a system and method for implementing such a system
FR3016558A1 (en) * 2014-01-20 2015-07-24 Illinois Tool Works FILLING SYSTEM OF AT LEAST ONE RESERVOIR, MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING SUCH A SYSTEM

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