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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Stephen J. Anderson, Livonia, MI (US);
Daniel Paul Cunkle, Jonesville, MI (US);
David John Gabbey, Pinckney, MI (US);
Larry Marin Vandervoort, Spring Arbor, MI (US);
Martinrea Industries, Inc., Dexter, MI (US);
Abstract
A spud assembly for use with a fuel tank having a body defining an interior chamber and having an outer periphery. The spud assembly includes a base attached to the outer periphery of the fuel tank and the base has a throughbore open to both the interior chamber of the tank as well as exteriorly of the tank. An elongated spud having an axial throughbore is movable relative to the base between a connected and an unconnected position. In its connected position, the spud is positioned through the base throughbore so that the spud fluidly connects the interior of the fuel tank to the spud. Additionally, when the spud is moved to its fully connected position, a locking finger on the base engages a lock abutment surface on the spud to secure the spud and base together. In an alternate embodiment, a locking ring is coaxially disposed over the spud and base when the spud is in its connected position. The locking ring is rotatable between an unlocked position in which the spud and base can be disconnected from each other, and a locked position in which the spud and base are secured together.