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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Martin, Dearborn, MI (US);
Roshini Venkatesh, Canton, MI (US);
Brent Edward Sealy, Canton, MI (US);
Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Canton, MI (US);
John Joseph Virga, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a fuel inlet conduit configured to receive a fuel dispensing nozzle. The fuel inlet conduit opens to an inlet opening. A guard is configured to move back and forth between a blocking position that prevents insertion of the fuel dispensing nozzle through the inlet opening into the fuel inlet conduit, and an accessing position that permits insertion of the fuel dispensing nozzle through the inlet opening into the fuel inlet conduit.