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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Vaughn K. Mills, Chelsea, MI (US);
Matthew Memmer, Plymouth, MI (US);
Curtis T. Moy, Oxford, MI (US);
Steven Ambrose, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Russell Trapp, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Robert P. Benjey, Dexter, MI (US);
Max Russell Franklin, Birmingham, MI (US);
Kenneth Brauning, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Santosh Balasaheb Patil, Pune, IN;
Atish Dinkar Gawale, Nasik, IN;
Santosh Kumar Sharma, Pune, IN;
Hrushikesh Arun Barve, Pune, IN;
Pritam Bhurke, Pune, IN;
Daniel L. Pifer, Chelsea, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A fuel tank system constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes a fuel tank, a first vent tube, an evaporative emissions control system and a cam driven tank venting control assembly. The first vent tube is disposed in the fuel tank. The evaporative emissions control system is configured to recapture and recycle emitted fuel vapor. The evaporative emissions control system has a controller. The cam driven tank venting control assembly has a rotary actuator that rotates a cam assembly based on operating conditions. The cam assembly has at least a first cam having a first cam profile configured to selectively open and close the first vent tube based on operating conditions.