Fuel cap assembly with cylindrical coupler
AssigneeFuel Automation Station, LLC
InventorRicky Dean Shock
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Abstract
A fuel cap assembly according to an example of the present disclosure includes a fuel cap and a pipe stub that extends from the fuel cap and defines a first internal passage. A sensor element and a fuel tube are adjacent to each other and both extend from the fuel cap through the first internal passage. A cylindrical coupler is composed of an elastomer and defines a second internal passage that extends between an inlet port and an outlet port. The inlet port has a first inner diameter and the pipe stub is receivable into the inlet port. The outlet port has a second inner diameter that differs from the first inner diameter.
Claims18
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;
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- a plurality of fuel cap assemblies, each including:
- a fuel cap;
- a pipe stub that extends from the fuel cap and defines a first internal passage;
- a sensor element and a fuel tube adjacent to each other and both extending from the fuel cap through the first internal passage, the fuel tube configured to receive fuel through the fuel cap from the second end of a respective one of the hoses;
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- a cylindrical coupler composed of an elastomer and defining a second internal passage that extends between an inlet port and an outlet port, the inlet port having a first inner diameter and the pipe stub being receivable into the inlet port, the outlet port having a second inner diameter that differs from the first inner diameter.
A fuel dispensing system comprising:
- a mobile fuel distribution station including a manifold having a plurality of outlets;
- at least one hose, each hose having a first end configured to receive fuel from a respective one of the outlets, and an opposing second end;
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- at least one fuel cap assembly, each including:
- a fuel cap;
- a pipe stub that extends from the fuel cap and defines a first internal passage;
- a sensor element and a fuel tube adjacent to each other and both extending from the fuel cap through the first internal passage, the fuel tube configured to receive fuel through the fuel cap from the second end of a respective one of the at least one hoses;
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- a cylindrical coupler defining a second internal passage that extends between an inlet port and an outlet port, the inlet port having a first inner diameter and the pipe stub being receivable into the inlet port, the outlet port having a second inner diameter that differs from the first inner diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.