Fuel nozzle support funnel
AssigneeInternational Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorsJustin Burstein, Steven A. Huber, Katie Strausser, John P. Thomton, Matthew T. Ware
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AssigneeInternational Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorsJustin Burstein, Steven A. Huber, Katie Strausser, John P. Thomton, Matthew T. Ware
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The fuel nozzle support funnel comprises a top conical section and a bottom smaller opening neck section. The top conical section has a top rim configured to seat over the fuel inlet opening of a truck fuel tank with the top conical section extending into the fuel tank. The bottom smaller opening neck section depends into the tank from a bottom smaller opening edge of the top conical section and has an inner sleeve therein made of a frictional material non reactant with diesel fuel. The inner sleeve and surrounding smaller opening neck section are of a diameter sufficient to allow passage therethrough of a fuel nozzle of a fuel pump. The top conical section has a plurality of openings therein through which air can escape during fueling to maintain the pressure within the tank constant.
A fuel nozzle support funnel comprising a top conical section and a bottom smaller opening neck section, the top conical section having a top rim configured to seat over and against an interior inwardly extending flange of a neck of a fuel inlet opening of a truck fuel tank, the top conical section extending into the fuel tank, the bottom smaller opening neck section depending into the tank from a bottom smaller opening edge of the top conical section, the bottom smaller opening neck section incorporating an inner sleeve, which sleeve is made of a frictional material non reactant with diesel fuel, the inner sleeve and surrounding smaller opening neck section being of a diameter sufficient to allow passage therethrough of a fuel nozzle of a fuel pump, the sleeve frictionally engaging the fuel nozzle to maintain same in position within the fuel tank, and the top conical section having a plurality of openings therein through which air can escape during fueling to maintain pressure within the tank constant.
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