Fuel delivery system having a hose end valve
AssigneeMarshall Excelsior Company
InventorsJonathan W. Sanders, Jeffrey A. Brown, James C. Zuck
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Abstract
A fuel delivery system and method for controlling a fuel delivery system includes a fuel control device including a valve and an electronic sensor assembly integrated to the fuel control device and is arranged to detect an operational positioning of the valve, to generate a record of the real-time activation of the valve, and to compare records of real-time activation against a schedule of fuel deliveries to detect unauthorized fuel access.
Claims20
A fluid control device comprising:
- a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid flow pathway extending between the inlet and the outlet;
- a valve disposed within the housing for selectively controlling fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet;
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- an electronic sensor assembly integrated with the housing, the electronic sensor assembly arranged to detect an operating position of the valve.
A fuel delivery system comprising:
- a supply tank;
- a hose in fluid communication with the supply tank;
- a fluid control device in fluid communication with the hose and disposed at an end of the hose opposite the supply tank;
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- wherein the fluid control device comprises a valve for selectively controlling fluid flow through the fluid control device and an electronic sensor assembly detecting an operating position of the valve.
A method of controlling a fuel delivery system, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting, with an electronic sensor assembly integrated to a fluid control device, an actuation of the fluid control device;
- automatically generating, with the electronic sensor assembly, a first data record representing a real-time event of the actuation of the fluid control device;
- storing, with the electronic sensor assembly, the first data record;
- wherein the fluid control device comprises a valve arranged to selectively dispose a seal body in contact with a main seal in a closed configuration and selectively dispose the seal body spaced apart from the main seal in an open configuration and wherein the electronic sensor assembly is arranged to detect a positioning of the seal body relative to the main seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.