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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Craig L Simdon, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Jason K Trotter, Aurora, IL (US);
Eric G Parker, Chicago, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A fuel filler pipe valve assembly having a valve member with a partially substantially spherical portion pivotally disposed in a valve receptacle of a housing member, the valve member having a passage with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and the housing having an inlet opening coupled to the fuel filler pipe and an outlet opening coupled to a body panel. The valve member is pivotal in the valve receptacle to open and close the fuel filler pipe. The valve member is formed of a valve shell portion and a valve cover portion, and the housing member is formed of a housing shell portion and a housing cover portion. A rotatable drive gear disposed through the housing member is engagable with a gear member on a truncated portion of the valve member to pivot the valve member in the housing member.