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US 4,540,191 AGranted
Static discharge prevention system for a largely non-metallic fuel tank
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorJohn J. Hoch
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Abstract
A fuel tank is grounded to a vehicle chassis by means including a metal filler neck portion forming a sole electrical conducting portion of the tank, a metal vent tube connected between the metal filler neck portion and a metal tank mounting bracket secured to the vehicle chassis and a ground cable or wire connected to the filler neck portion and dangling into the tank.
Claims5
A grounded fuel tank assembly comprising:
- a vehicle chassis;
- a fuel tank mounted to the chassis and including an elevated filler neck;
- said filler neck including at least an upper portion forming a sole electrical current conducting portion of said tank;
- a first conducting element means secured to said upper portion of the filler neck and extending down into said tank;
- and a second conducting element means connected in conducting relationship between said upper portion of the filler neck and the chassis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.