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US 8,261,517 B2Granted
Fuel cap
OwnerNeal L. Keefer, Evan Waymire +1inventors
InventorsNeal L. Keefer, Evan Waymire, Kenneth A. Watson
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Abstract
A fuel tank cap including a body, a seal carrier movably positioned within the body, a first seal positioned on the seal carrier and configured for sealably engaging a filler tube opening of a fuel tank, and a second seal positioned on the seal carrier and configured for sealably engaging the body.
Claims7
A method of sealing a fuel tank, comprising:
- securing a fuel cap on a fuel tank filler neck;
- said fuel cap including a seal carrier including a first seal and a second seal positioned thereon,
- wherein said securing causes said seal carrier to move along an elongate axis of said cap, and wherein during said movement of said seal carrier, said first seal moves along and sealingly engages an inner surface of said fuel cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.