Automatic fueling system and components therefor

A fueling system for a vehicle having a frame and a body, comprising

• a fuel tank held and positioned within the frame;
• a fill pipe in communication with the tank and extending outwardly of the frame to the body;
• a fuel inlet valve adjacent the wall of the tank inwardly of the frame and receiving the fill pipe, the fuel inlet valve including a valve body fixed relative to the fuel tank and a fuel fill valve in the valve body controlling the communication between the tank and the fill pipe;
• a signal tube in communication with the tank and extending to the fill pipe, the fuel inlet valve including a signal tube valve controlling the communication between the tank and the fuel signal tube.

A fueling system for a vehicle having a body and a fuel tank fixed relative to the body, comprising

• a fill pipe extending from the tank;
• a fuel inlet port through the body and coupled with the fill pipe;
• a fueling station including a fuel arm receivable by the fuel inlet port and a display screen;
• a vehicle input circuit including a first communication element at the fuel inlet port;
• a fueling station logic circuit including a second communication element at the fuel arm selectively in communication with the first communication element with the fuel arm engaged with the fuel inlet port and an interface with the display screen, responses to prompting from the display screen being transmitted by the input circuit and the station logic circuit.

A fueling system for a vehicle including a frame, a fuel tank fixed relative to the frame, a fuel inlet to the fuel tank, a fuel door to the fuel inlet and a parking brake system mounted to the frame and having a parking brake actuator and a control cable, comprising

• a closure valve on the fuel inlet;
• a junction actuator fixed relative to the frame at the control cable and including a drive element fixed to the control cable and a driven element movable in the junction actuator with the control cable;
• a fuel door cable coupled with the fuel door and the driven block to open the fuel door with movement of the driven block;
• a closure valve cable coupled with the closure valve and the driven block to open the closure valve with movement of the driven block;
• an engagement operatively extending between the drive element and the driven element to selectively engage the drive element and the driven element to move together with application of the parking brake actuator.

A fueling system for a vehicle including a frame and a body, comprising

• a fuel tank held and positioned within the frame;
• a fill pipe in communication with the tank and extending outwardly of the frame to the body;
• a fuel inlet valve adjacent at the tank, inwardly of the frame and receiving the fill pipe;
• a fuel door at the body to selectively cover the end of the fill pipe;
• an emergency brake system mounted to the frame and having an emergency brake actuator and a brake cable;
• a cable assembly including a valve cable coupled to the fuel inlet valve, a fuel door cable coupled to the fuel door and a control actuator selectively coupling the cable assembly with the emergency brake system for control of the fuel inlet valve and the fuel door by the emergency brake actuator.