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Patent No.:

US 6546972 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:

Dean C. Foltz, Shelbyville, IN (US);

Assignee:

Stant Manufacturing Inc., Connersville, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/00 ; B67C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/00 ; B67C 3/00 ;
Abstract

A filler neck includes a housing adapted to be coupled to a fuel-delivery conduit coupled to a fuel tank inlet of a vehicle fuel tank. The housing includes a passageway that defines an axis of the filler neck and is adapted to receive a pump nozzle. The filler neck further includes a shuttle positioned for movement in the passageway along the axis between a closed position to close the passageway and an opened position to open the passageway in response to engagement with the pump nozzle


Find Patent Forward Citations

Foltz, Dean. (2003). Filler neck for a fuel system (U.S. Patent No. 6546972). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6546972

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