# US 2017/0283240 A1 · Fuel transportation and delivery apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0283240 A1 - Document ID: US20170283240A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/479,935 - Filed: 2017-04-05 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-05 - Assignees: Westmor Industries, LLC - Applicants: Westmor Industries, LLC - Inventors: Abe Wruck; Jeremy Kellen; Mike Hennen; Milt Swenson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170283240A1 ## CPC - B60P 3/225: {Adaptations for pumps or valves} - B60P 3/2215: {Mounting of tanks to vehicles} - B60P 3/2245: {Adaptations for loading or unloading} - B60P 3/2265: {Arrangements for hoses, tubes, or reels} - B67D 7/40: Suspending, reeling or storing devices (supports for storing lengths of hoses, in general B65H75/34) - B67D 7/845: {Trolleys or like movable supports} - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) ## Abstract Fuel delivery vessels and vehicles are described. Some embodiments include nozzles for access by an operator. Some embodiments include optimized size and material characteristics. Some embodiments include various dispensing systems. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fuel delivery apparatus for use with a vehicle having a fuel vessel and a rear deck, the fuel delivery apparatus comprising: a liquid fill connection having a first opening in fluid communication with an interior volume of the fuel vessel; a liquid fill nozzle, said liquid fill nozzle disposed at least partially within an open volume of said deck; and a first conduit, said first conduit fluidly coupled to said liquid fill nozzle and to said liquid fill connection. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein said open volume comprises a recess in said deck. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first conduit extends through a portion of said deck. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first conduit extends through a vertical wall of said deck. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein said the rear deck comprises a left deck portion and a right deck portion, and wherein said liquid fill nozzle is disposed transversely between said left deck portion and said right deck portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first conduit comprises a rigid pipe. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein said liquid fill nozzle is disposed to be at the waist level of an operator standing behind the rear deck. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fuel vessel is supported on at least one longitudinally extending rail, wherein said liquid fill nozzle is disposed at least partially at the height of said rail. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 8, wherein the said liquid fill connection is disposed just above the height of said rail. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 8, wherein the said liquid fill connection is disposed substantially higher than said rail. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a vapor equalizing connection having a second opening in fluid communication with said interior volume of the fuel vessel; a vapor nozzle, said vapor nozzle disposed at least partially within said open volume in said deck; and a second conduit, said second conduit fluidly coupled to said vapor nozzle and to said vapor equalizing connection. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fuel delivery apparatus of claim 11, wherein said first conduit extends through a portion of said deck. ### Claim 13 A fuel delivery vehicle comprising: a fuel vessel; a deck; a fluid connection, said fluid connection comprising at least one of a liquid fill connection and a vapor equalizing connection having, said fluid connection having a first opening in fluid communication with an interior volume of said fuel vessel; a nozzle, said nozzle disposed at least partially within an open volume in said deck; and a conduit, said conduit fluidly coupling said nozzle to said fluid connection. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The fuel delivery vehicle of claim 13, wherein said open volume is disposed within a minimum bounding box of said deck. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The fuel delivery vehicle of claim 13, wherein said conduit extends through a portion of said deck. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The fuel delivery vehicle of claim 13, wherein said deck comprises a left deck portion and a right deck portion, and wherein said nozzle is disposed transversely between said left deck portion and said right deck portion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The fuel delivery vehicle of claim 13, wherein said nozzle is disposed to be at the waist level of an operator standing behind said deck. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The fuel delivery vehicle of claim 13, further comprising: a first fuel delivery system supported on said deck, said first fuel delivery system comprising a first hose and a first nozzle; and a second fuel delivery system supported on said deck, said second fuel delivery system comprising a second hose having a diameter less than the first hose, and a second nozzle, the second nozzle comprising an autogas delivery nozzle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The fuel delivery vehicle of claim 13, wherein said fuel vessel is at least partially made of a high-strength steel, and wherein a shell thickness Ts of said fuel vessel is less than a half-inch. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The fuel delivery vehicle of claim 13, wherein said fluid connection comprises a flange, wherein said flange defines a central axis, wherein said central axis is generally normal to said fuel vessel.