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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2001
Daniel H McClure, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Thomas J Large, Oxford, MI (US);
Raymond P Harrod, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Henry W Harper, Milford, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A venting system for a tank in the form of a vapor bypass tube which is interfaced with a melt plug such that the bypass tube provides vapor pressure bypass of the melt plug hole. The vapor bypass tube has a first end mounted to the tank body circumscribably in relation to the melt plug. The vapor bypass tube has a second end, opposite the first end, which is open and located deep inside the tank. A vent aperture is provided in the vapor bypass tube adjacent the first end which provides vapor displacement from within the vapor bypass tube when the tank is being refueled.