Direct fill fueling systems and devices
AssigneeAmeri-Kart Corp.
InventorsJustin Andrew Hines, Eric Brian VanDiepenbos
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to direct fill fueling systems and devices for filling and venting a tank. A direct fill fueling system can include the tank, a fill neck for receiving a nozzle, and a nozzle bounding member for setting an insertion depth of the nozzle received by the fill neck. The nozzle bounding member can include a stop that can be aligned with the opening of the fill neck and configured to obstruct the motion of the nozzle, when the nozzle is inserted into the fill neck. The nozzle bounding member can be provided as a tubular insert. The tubular insert can include the stop. The stop can include one or more locating slats positioned at an end of the tubular insert.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a tank comprising a wall that bounds an interior volume of the tank and a fill neck that extends away from the wall and forms an opening of the tank;
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- a nozzle bounding member coupled to the tank, wherein the nozzle bounding member comprises a stop aligned with the opening of the fill neck and configured to obstruct the motion of a nozzle, when the nozzle is inserted into the fill neck of the tank.
A system comprising:
- a tank comprising a wall that bounds an interior volume of the tank and a fill neck that extends away from the wall and forms an opening of the tank;
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- a tubular insert provided in the fill neck, the tubular insert forms a passageway that extends from a first end of the tubular insert to a second end of the tubular insert, the second end of the tubular insert being positioned within the interior volume of the tank and offset from the wall,
- wherein the tubular insert comprising one or more locating slats positioned at the second end of the tubular insert, and an orifice formed through the tubular insert, the orifice being positioned between the one or more locating slats and the wall of the tank, the one or more slats being configured to obstruct a motion of a nozzle, when the nozzle is inserted into the fill neck.
A system comprising:
- a tank comprising a wall that bounds an interior volume of the tank and a fill neck that extends away from the wall, wherein the fill neck comprises a first portion that forms an opening of the tank and a second portion adjacent to the wall of the tank, the second portion has a larger cross section area than the first portion;
- a tubular insert coupled to the first portion of the fill neck,
- wherein the tubular insert forms a passageway that extends from a first end of the tubular insert to a second end of the tubular insert, the second end of the tubular insert being positioned within the interior volume of the tank and offset from the wall, and
- wherein the tubular insert comprises one or more locating slats positioned at the second end of the tubular insert, the one or more slats being configured to obstruct a motion of a nozzle, when the nozzle is inserted into the fill neck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.