Filling nozzle
AssigneeTatsuno Corporation
InventorsKento Omori, Tatsuya Okumura, Akihiro Matsumoto
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Abstract
A filling nozzle includes a pipe joint body provided at a tip of a filling hose and connected to a receptacle on a side to be filled; a clutch that extends on an outside of the pipe joint body in a connection direction in which the pipe joint body and the receptacle are connected and engages with the receptacle; a lever that extends on an outside of the clutch in the connection direction and restricts a movement of the clutch in the connection direction when the gaseous fuel is filled; and an urging means urging the clutch inward in a direction perpendicular to the connection direction to release the restriction in movement of the clutch in the connection direction when filling of the gaseous fuel is completed.
Claims9
A filling nozzle comprising:
- a pipe joint body provided at a tip of a filling hose for filling gaseous fuel and detachably connectable to a receptacle on a side to be filled with gaseous fuel;
- a clutch that extends on an outside of the pipe joint body in a connection direction defined by the direction in which the pipe joint body and the receptacle are connected and engages with the receptacle;
- a lever that extends on an outside of the clutch in the connection direction and restricts a movement of the clutch in the connection direction when the gaseous fuel is filled;
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- a biasing body spaced from the lever and interposed between the lever and the clutch or between the pipe joint body and the clutch, said biasing body urging the clutch inward in a direction perpendicular to the connection direction to release the restriction in movement of the clutch in the connection direction when filling of the gaseous fuel is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.