US 5,913,180 A · Fluid delivery control nozzle

Abstract

A fluid delivery nozzle for wireless communication to either an active or a passive device located on a vehicle and for wireless communication from the fluid delivery nozzle to a central location for storage of vehicle data. Upon initiation of a fluid delivery transaction, a communication link is established between a vehicle communication device and the central location and between a fluid container of the vehicle and the fluid delivery nozzle. The information received from the vehicle and container is relayed to the central location to authorize delivery of a fluid to the vehicle. Information is also transferred from the central location back and forth to the fluid delivery nozzle to update and store information regarding the fluid delivery transaction. A keyboard and display are provided on the fluid delivery nozzle to provide an operator interface during the fluid delivery transaction. Using the keyboard, the operator may directly control the delivery of fluid to the container or may respond to information displayed on the nozzle during the fluid delivery transaction.

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Dependent claims

A fluid delivery nozzle for delivering fluid from a fluid delivery device to a fluid container and for communicating information regarding a fluid delivery transaction to a remote device, said fluid delivery nozzle comprising:

(a) a nozzle capable of controlling a flow of a fluid from a fluid delivery device to a fluid container;
(b) input means provided on said nozzle for allowing information regarding the fluid delivery transaction to be inputted into said nozzle;
(c) display means provided on said nozzle for allowing information regarding said fluid delivery transaction to be displayed on said nozzle;
(d) an information storage and retrieval device operably coupled to said nozzle;
(e) transmitting means coupled to said nozzle input means for transmitting information regarding the fluid delivery transaction;
and
(f) receiving means coupled to said display means for receiving information regarding the fluid delivery transaction.

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An apparatus for wireless communication of information relative to a fluid delivery transaction from a remote location to a nozzle, comprising:

(a) a fluid container;
(b) a first information storage and retrieval device associated with said fluid container;
(c) a second information storage and retrieval device associated with the nozzle;
(d) a third information storage and retrieval device located at the remote location which is in communicative proximity with the nozzle;
(e) first means associated with said first information storage and retrieval device for communicating via wireless communication with said second information storage and retrieval device;
(f) second means associated with said second information storage and retrieval device for communicating via wireless communication with said first information storage and retrieval device;
(g) third means associated with said second information storage and retrieval device for communicating via wireless communication with said third information storage and retrieval device;
(h) fourth means associated with said third information storage and retrieval device for communicating via wireless communication with said second information storage and retrieval device;
(i) security means associated with said second information storage and retrieval device for authorizing a fluid delivery from the nozzle to said fluid container, only upon provision by said first information storage and retrieval device of an identification signal approved by said second information and retrieval device;
(j) means associated with said second information storage and retrieval device for displaying information relative to a fluid delivery transaction on the nozzle;
and
(k) means associated with the nozzle for allowing a operator to input information into said second information storage and retrieval device from the nozzle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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