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US 2006/0048816 A1Published application
Weldable mount for fuel system component
OwnerMichael Brock, J. Groom +1inventors
InventorsMichael Brock, J. Groom, Brian Williamson
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Abstract
A vent apparatus includes a venting outlet and a tank mount adapted to support the venting outlet in communication with a mounting aperture formed in a fuel tank. The tank mount is made of a weldable plastics material.
Claims30
A vent apparatus adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank, the apparatus comprising
- an interior base made of a weldable plastics material, the interior base including an inner outlet conduit formed to include a vent passageway and a tank mount adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank at a mounting aperture formed in the fuel tank to allow flow of fuel tank vapor in the fuel tank through the mounting aperture into the vent passageway formed in the inner outlet conduit,
- a vent controller including a valve housing coupled to the interior base and formed to include an interior region receiving fuel tank vapor and a venting aperture communicating with the interior region and opening into the vent passageway formed in the inner outlet conduit, the vent controller also including a valve positioned to lie within the interior region of the valve housing and arranged to move within the interior region to open and close the venting aperture to regulate flow of fuel tank vapor into the vent passageway formed in the inner outlet conduit, and
- an exterior shell made of a non-weldable plastics material and coupled to the interior base to define an outer outlet conduit engaging and surrounding a portion of the inner outlet conduit.
A vent apparatus adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank, the apparatus comprising
- an interior base made of a weldable plastics material, the interior base including an inner outlet conduit formed to include a vent passageway and a tank mount adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank at a mounting aperture formed in the fuel tank to allow flow of fuel tank vapor through the mounting aperture into the vent passageway formed in the inner outlet conduit, and
- an exterior shell made of a non-weldable plastics material and coupled to the interior base, the exterior shell including a tank mount cover arranged to engage and cover an exterior surface of the tank mount, the exterior shell further including an outer outlet conduit coupled to the tank mount cover and arranged to engage and surround a portion of the inner outlet conduit.
A vent apparatus adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank, the apparatus comprising
- an exterior shell made of a non-weldable plastics material, the exterior shell including a tank mount cover formed to include a downwardly opening chamber having a top opening, the exterior shell further including an outer outlet conduit coupled to the tank mount cover at the top opening and formed to include a terminal outlet, and
- an interior base made of a weldable plastics material and arranged to engage inner surfaces of the tank mount cover and the outer outlet conduit, the interior base including a tank mount including an annular foundation adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank at a mounting aperture formed in the fuel tank, an inner outlet conduit coupled to the tank mount and arranged to extend through the outer outlet conduit and the terminal opening thereof to define an exposed portion of the inner outlet conduit located outside of the outer outlet conduit, and a shell platform located in the downwardly opening chamber and arranged to interconnect the annular foundation and the inner outlet conduit and to engage inner surfaces of the tank mount cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.