Patent ID: 6874529

Claim:
A level limit valve for the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, the valve comprising: a valve body which can be positioned inside the fuel tank on the end of a fuel filling pipe, the valve body having an inlet port connectable to the filling pipe and an outlet port into the interior of the fuel tank; a float carrier attached to a downstream end of the valve body; a flap disposed in the valve body which is pivotally secured between a closed position which tightly closes the outlet port and an opened position which opens the outlet port; a lever rod connected to an outer side of the flap; a float movably connected to the flap via the lever rod for pivotally moving the flap, the lever rod penetrating through the outlet port when the flap is in the opened position, a central axis of the valve body and a pivot axis of the flap extending in an essentially horizontal direction, the float being disposed on the top of the carrier and being pivotally mounted to the carrier via a linkage so as to be vertically movable, the float carrier defining a centrally located opening through which the lever rod extends; wherein the valve body is essentially in the form of a tube section, whereby on the end surface facing fuel flow, a transverse wall is present, the wall containing the outlet port, on the inside of which a sealing edge is placed which peripherally encompasses the outlet port and coacts with the flap; and wherein two detent clips are located on an end of the inlet fitting extending in the direction of fuel flow, the inlet fitting being connected to the filling pipe and connected to the inlet port of the valve body, the detent clips protruding through the inlet port into the interior chamber of the valve and fixing the pivoting pins in the bearing seats.