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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J Armstrong, Troy, MI (US);
Roy A Giacomazzi, Washington Township, Macomb County, MI (US);
George W Niepoth, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220 / ; 220 / ; 220 / ; 220 / ; 141 59 ;
Abstract
A fuel fill tube for a vehicle fuel tank has a canister vapor vent, a shut-off valve and an overfill protection valve. The overfill valve prevents liquid from communicating with the carbon canister during overfill and communicates the liquid to the atmospheric open end of the fill tube.