Fume tight sock collector/box

A fluid system, comprising:

• a fluid tube;
• and
• a collector disposed around the fluid tube, the collector having a body with an interior cavity, the body including an upper box and a lower box with assembly hole sleeves integrally formed in each of the upper box and lower box, the assembly hole sleeves having assembly holes extending through the assembly hole sleeves, wherein the body further comprises sidewalls that are first walls, the sidewalls extending away from a second wall of the body toward a third wall of the body opposite the second wall, and wherein exterior surfaces of the assembly hole sleeves are spaced apart from the sidewalls and are integrally formed on one of the second wall or the third wall, the collector further having ports integrally formed at the first walls of the body, wherein each of the ports includes an upper port portion integrally formed as part of the upper box and a lower portion integrally formed as part of the lower box, each of the ports having a port opening that is contiguous with the interior cavity, each of the ports having a retaining lip disposed on an outside surface of the respective port and spaced apart from walls of the body, wherein the retaining lip is configured to accept a sock extending over the retaining lip and to retain the sock on the outside surface of the respective port, wherein the fluid tube extends through the interior cavity and the port opening of each of the ports, wherein the collector further has a drain structure integrally formed in the second wall of the body and wherein the drain structure has a drain hole that extends from the interior cavity through the drain structure.

A vehicle, comprising:

• an engine;
• a fuel tank;
• a fluid tube connected to the fuel tank and to the engine and configured to direct fuel from the fuel tank to the engine;
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• a collector mounted to a mounting point within the vehicle and disposed around the fluid tube, the collector having a body with an interior cavity, the body including an upper box and a lower box with assembly hole sleeves integrally formed in each of the upper box and lower box, the assembly hole sleeves having assembly holes extending through the assembly hole sleeves, wherein the body further comprises sidewalls that are first walls, the sidewalls extending away from a second wall of the body toward a third wall of the body opposite the second wall, and wherein exterior surfaces of the assembly hole sleeves are spaced apart from the sidewalls and are integrally formed on one of the second wall or the third wall, and the collector further having ports integrally joined to the first walls of the body, each of the ports having a port opening that is contiguous with the interior cavity, each of the ports including an upper port portion integrally formed as part of the upper box and a lower portion integrally formed as part of the lower box, each of the ports having a retaining lip disposed on an outside surface of the respective port and spaced apart from walls of the body, wherein the retaining lip is configured to accept a sock extending over the retaining lip and to retain the sock on the outside surface of the respective port, wherein the fluid tube extends through the interior cavity and the port opening of each of the ports, wherein the collector further has a drain structure integrally joined to the second wall of the body and having a drain hole that extends from the interior cavity through the drain structure;
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• a drain tube connected to the drain structure, the drain tube configured to permit at least one of fluid and vapor collected within the interior cavity of the collector to drain from the collector through the drain tube.

A fluid recovery structure, comprising:

• an upper box of a collector mounted to a mounting point on a vehicle, wherein the upper box is affixed to a fluid tube of the vehicle;
• a lower box of the collector affixed to the upper box of the collector, wherein, while the lower box is affixed to the upper box, the fluid tube extends through port openings of ports integrally formed as part of the collector and further extends through an interior cavity of the collector such that the fluid tube is spaced apart from interior surfaces of the collector, wherein each of the ports has a retaining lip disposed on an outside surface of the respective port and spaced apart from walls of the upper box and walls of the lower box, wherein each of the ports includes an upper port portion integrally formed as part of the upper box and a lower portion integrally formed as part of the lower box, wherein the retaining lip is configured to accept a sock extending over the retaining lip and to retain the sock on the outside surface of the respective port, wherein assembly hole sleeves are integrally formed in an end wall of each of the upper box and lower box, the assembly hole sleeves having assembly holes extending through the assembly hole sleeves, wherein each of the upper box and the lower box have sidewalls, the sidewalls extending away from a respective end wall, and wherein exterior surfaces of the assembly hole sleeves are spaced apart from the sidewalls and are integrally formed on the respective end wall;
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• a drain tube attached to a drain structure integrally formed in and end wall of the collector and having a drain hole that extends from the interior cavity through the drain structure.