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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eric Myers, Howell, MI (US);
Mahfooz-Ul-Haq Mian, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2006.01); F15D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2013.01); F15D 1/0005 (2013.01); F15D 1/0015 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0458 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0477 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a filler inlet of a fuel fill line of a motorized vehicle. In one example, a filler inlet includes a fuel/air separation chamber extending at an angle relative to an opening of the filler inlet, with the opening adapted to receive a fuel nozzle. Fuel may be guided from the fuel nozzle toward a curved wall of the fuel/air separation chamber by a flow guide, and the fuel may separate from entrained air within the fuel/air separation chamber.