Patent ID: 8302930
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B60B,B60G,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for controlling operation of a switching element of a container control valve of a motor vehicle, comprising: a switching element, wherein a pressure system, having a spring, moves automatically from a first operating position into a second operating position; an arresting device having a lock and a locking body, wherein the pressure system acts against a locking force of the arresting device, which in one operating position of the switching element is pressed by the spring into a recess, which is a groove, on an outer circumference of the switching element; wherein the pressure system has, in addition to the spring, an actuator including a linearly movable push rod, and wherein the spring is situated between one end of the switching element and the push rod of the actuator, and wherein the actuator includes a housing having an expandable material working element and an electrical heater for heating the expandable material working element.