Stant Manufacturing Inc.

Thomas Blease

Dwight D Smith

Nancy J Amburgey

Jeff Devall

Jeffrey E Devall

Nancy Williamson

A vent apparatus () includes a tank mount () made of a weldable plastics material and a fuel system component such as a valve assembly (). Valve a assembly () includes a valve housing () made of a nonweldable plastics material and a valve () movable in a valve chamber () formed in valve housing () to open and close an aperture () leading to a venting outlet (). Tank mount () supports valve housing () in a position in a mounting aperture () formed in a fuel tank (). Valve housing () is made by injecting on-weldable plastics material into a mold containing the pre-molded tank mount ().

Weldable mount for fuel systems component

A vent apparatus includes a tank mount made of a weldable plastics material and a fuel systems component such as a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve housing made of a non-weldable plastics material and a valve movable in a valve chamber formed in the valve housing to open and close an aperture leading to a venting outlet. The tank mount supports the valve housing in a position in a mounting aperture formed in a fuel tank. The valve housing is made by injecting non-weldable plastics material into a mold containing the pre-molded tank mount.

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Connersville, IN, United States of America

Thomas Blease