Fuel-Transfer system
AssigneeStant Manufacturing Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Devall, Brian J. Williamson, Steven E. Groll, Barry A. Beyer
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Abstract
A fuel-transfer system is provided for a fuel system of a vehicle. The fuel-transfer system includes a filler neck and a fuel tank having top and bottom walls. The fuel-transfer system includes a tube and a fuel conductor. The fuel conductor includes a housing and a diverter valve positioned to lie in the housing. The diverter valve is configured to intercept and guide the tube through an outlet of the housing into a fuel tank.
Claims36
A fuel-transfer system for communicating fuel into a fuel tank including a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, the system comprising
- a filler neck configured to receive fuel and
- a fuel conductor adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank and filler neck, the fuel conductor including a housing and a diverter valve, the housing being formed to include an inlet in communication with the filler neck, an outlet in communication with the fuel tank, and a transfer channel extending between the inlet and outlet, the diverter valve being positioned to lie in the transfer channel for movement along a central axis between a closed position substantially blocking the inlet from the outlet and an opened position permitting communication between the inlet and outlet through the transfer channel, the diverter valve being adapted to intercept and guide a tube moving through the filler neck into the transfer channel toward a bottom wall of the fuel tank.
A fuel-transfer system for communicating fuel into a fuel tank including a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, the system comprising,
- a filler neck configured to receive fuel and
- a fuel conductor adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank and filler neck, the fuel conductor including a housing and a diverter valve, the housing being formed to include an inlet in communication with the filler neck, an outlet in communication with the fuel tank, and a transfer channel extending between the inlet and outlet, the diverter valve being positioned to lie in the transfer channel for movement along a central axis between a closed position substantially blocking the inlet from the outlet and an opened position permitting communication between the inlet and outlet through the transfer channel, the diverter valve including a base and a guide surface adapted to intercept and guide a tube moving through the filler neck into the transfer channel toward a bottom wall of the fuel tank.
A fuel-transfer system for a fuel system of a vehicle including a filler neck and a fuel tank having a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, the fuel-transfer system comprising
- a tube and
- a fuel conductor including a housing and a diverter valve positioned to lie in the housing, the housing being formed to include an inlet and an outlet, the diverter valve configured to intercept and guide the tube through the outlet of the housing into a fuel tank.
A fuel-transfer system for use with a fuel tank, the system comprising
- a housing formed to include an inlet, an outlet, and a channel extending between the inlet and the outlet and
- a diverter valve positioned to lie in the channel for movement between a closed position normally blocking the flow of fuel between the inlet and outlet and an opened position permitting the flow of fuel from the inlet to the outlet during refueling to enable fuel to flow through the housing into a fuel tank, the diverter valve including a base and a pressure-relief valve coupled to the base for movement between a closed position normally blocking the flow of vapor from the fuel tank to the inlet and an opened position permitting the flow of vapor from the fuel tank to the inlet, the diverter valve being adapted to intercept and guide at least one of fuel in a tube through the housing into a fuel tank through the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.