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US 11,142,449 B2Granted
Method and system for dispensing fuel using side-diverting fuel outlets
AssigneeFuel Automation Station, LLC
InventorRicky Dean Shock
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Abstract
An example fuel cap assembly includes a fuel cap, a sensor element extending from the fuel cap, and a fuel tube extending from the fuel cap next to the sensor element. The fuel tube includes an outlet end having at least one side-diverting fuel outlet that extends through a sidewall of the fuel tube. A fuel cap assembly kit and method of filling a fuel tank are also disclosed.
Claims21
A fuel cap assembly, comprising:
- a fuel cap;
- a sensor element extending away from an end of the fuel cap and terminating at a sensor element distal end;
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- a fuel tube extending away from the end of the fuel cap and terminating at a fuel tube distal end, and extending next to the sensor element, the fuel tube including an outlet end having at least one side-diverting fuel outlet that extends through a sidewall of the fuel tube, wherein a length of the fuel tube between the end of fuel cap and the fuel tube distal end is less than a length of the sensor element between the end of the fuel cap and the sensor element distal end.
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A fuel dispensing system comprising:
- a mobile fuel distribution station including a manifold having a plurality of outlets;
- a plurality of hoses, each hose having a first end configured to receive fuel from a respective one of the outlets, and an opposing second end;
- and
- a plurality of fuel cap assemblies, each including:
- a fuel cap;
- a sensor element extending from the fuel cap;
- and
- a fuel tube extending from the fuel cap next to the sensor element, the fuel tube configured to receive fuel from the second end of a respective one of the hoses, and including an outlet end having at least one side-diverting fuel outlet that extends through a sidewall of the fuel tube;
- wherein the at least one side-diverting fuel outlet has a length measured along a central longitudinal axis of the fuel tube and also has a width, the length is greater than the width, and the length is less than three times the width.
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A method of filling a fuel tank, comprising:
- providing a fuel cap assembly that includes a fuel cap, a sensor element extending away from an end of the fuel cap towards a sensor element distal end, and a fuel tube extending away from the end of the fuel cap towards a fuel tube distal end and extending next to the sensor element, the fuel tube including an outlet end having at least one side-diverting fuel outlet that extends through a sidewall of the fuel tube, wherein a length of the fuel tube between the end of fuel cap and the fuel tube distal end is less than a length of the sensor element between the end of the fuel cap and the sensor element distal end;
- securing the fuel cap assembly to an inlet of a fuel tank, such that the outlet end of the fuel tube and the sensor element distal end are disposed within the fuel tank;
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- providing fuel into the fuel tube and dispensing fuel from the fuel tube into the fuel tank through the at least one side-diverting fuel outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.