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US 10,759,652 B2Granted
Vehicle fuel delivery
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAed M. Dudar, Kenneth James Miller, Thomas G. Leone
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Abstract
Data are received indicating an amount of pumped fuel provided to a vehicle fuel tank. A vehicle fuel tank fuel volume is received. Upon determining that a difference between the pumped amount of fuel and a detected change in a fuel volume in the fuel tank exceeds a threshold, a fuel pump is deactivated.
Claims20
A system, comprising computer programmed to:
- receive data indicating an amount of pumped fuel provided to a vehicle fuel tank of a vehicle while a fuel pump external to the vehicle provides fuel to the vehicle fuel tank;
- detect a change in a fuel volume of the vehicle fuel tank;
- and
- upon determining that a difference between the amount of pumped fuel and the detected change exceeds a threshold, then, deactivate the fuel pump.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving data indicating an amount of pumped fuel provided to a vehicle fuel tank of a vehicle while a fuel pump external to the vehicle provides fuel to the vehicle fuel tank;
- detecting a change in a fuel volume of the vehicle fuel tank;
- and
- upon determining that a difference between the pumped amount of fuel and the detected change exceeds a threshold, then, deactivating a fuel pump.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.