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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Philip A. Yaccarino, Troy, MI (US);
George J. Marlow, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/035 (2006.01); G01L 19/00 (2006.01); F02M 37/10 (2006.01); B60K 15/073 (2006.01); F02M 37/14 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/035 (2013.01); B60K 15/073 (2013.01); F02M 37/0094 (2013.01); F02M 37/10 (2013.01); F02M 37/14 (2013.01); G01L 19/0007 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0321 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03243 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03514 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03523 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03528 (2013.01); Y10T 137/8326 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86348 (2015.04);
Abstract
A fuel storage assembly for a vehicle includes a fuel tank defining a fuel chamber, a fuel pump module and a vapor pressure detection system. The fuel pump module includes a flange engaged to the fuel tank and a fuel pump assembly supported by the flange and disposed in the fuel chamber. The vapor pressure detection system includes a vapor pressure sensor attached to the flange, a vapor pressure inlet device disposed in the fuel chamber, and a conduit communicating between the vapor pressure inlet device and the vapor pressure sensor.