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US 11,285,802 B2Granted
All in one fuel tank assembly
OwnerDaniel Ray Enyeartinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an all in one fuel tank assembly, and a process of manufacturing the same, for use in commercial vehicles, and more particularly, to an all in one fuel tank assembly that allows multiple components to be manufactured as a single integral structure, such as a single extruded device including a draw tube, a return tube, a fuel sender device, and a vent, for example.
Claims19
A fuel tank assembly, comprising:
- a cap body including an internal cavity sized to receive therein a first end region of an elongate member;
- an elongate member having a first end region sized to be received within said internal cavity of said cap body, said elongate member manufactured of a single, integral piece of material, the elongate member including a fuel return cavity, a fuel draw cavity, an auxiliary cavity, a level sender cavity, a fastener cavity, and an externally positioned recessed cavity sized to receive a vent apparatus therein, each said cavity extending continuously from said first end region of said elongate member to a second end region of said elongate member such that a cross section of said elongate member remains unchanged along a length of said elongate member from said first end region to said second end region of said elongate member;
- a fastener that secures said elongate member to said cap body, said fastener extending through said cap body and into said fastener cavity of said elongate member;
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- wherein each of said cavities of said elongate member are spaced from one another a distance of at least 2 millimeters so as to define a gasket recess that extends between each of said cavities on an end surface of said first end region of said elongate member.
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A fuel tank assembly, comprising:
- a cap body including a flange adapted to be secured to an exterior wall of a fuel tank;
- an elongate member having a first end region secured to said cap body, said elongate member manufactured of a single, integral piece of material, the elongate member including a first cavity, a second cavity, a third cavity, a fourth cavity, a fifth cavity, and an externally positioned recessed cavity, said first through fifth cavities each positioned within an interior of said elongate member, and each of said first through fifth cavities and said recessed cavity extending continuously from said first end region of said elongate member to a second end region of said elongate member such that a cross section of said elongate member remains unchanged along a length of said elongate member from said first end region to said second end region of said elongate member;
- a single threaded fastener that secures said elongate member to said cap body, said fastener extending through said cap body and into said first cavity of said elongate member;
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- wherein each of said cavities of said elongate member are spaced from one another a distance of at least 2 millimeters so as to define a gasket recess that extends between each of said cavities on an end surface of said first end region of said elongate member.
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A fuel tank assembly, comprising:
- a mounting body including a connector region, a tubing mount region, and a flange positioned there between, said mounting body including first, second, third, fourth and fifth internal cavities extending there through;
- a single piece of tubing including first, second, third, fourth, and fifth internal cavities extending completely along a length of said tubing and corresponding to said first, second, third, fourth, and fifth internal cavities of said mounting body, said single piece of tubing secured to said mounting body at said tubing mount region and having a cross sectional shape and cavity configuration that remains constant along said length of said tubing;
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- a gasket positioned between said tubing and said mounting body such that said gasket provides a compressive seal between said mounting body and said tubing and seal isolation between said first, second, third, fourth, and fifth cavity of said tubing and a corresponding first, second, third, fourth and fifth cavity of said mounting body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.