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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Dean C. Foltz, Shelbyville, IN (US);
Stant Manufacturing Inc., Connersville, IN (US);
Abstract
A filler neck closure assembly for a vehicle fuel tank filler neck includes a filler neck closure housing adapted to be coupled to the fuel tank filler neck. The filler neck closure housing is formed to include an outer aperture sized to receive a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle therein. The assembly also includes a dust shield mounted for movement relative to the filler neck closure housing to open and close the outer aperture of the filler neck closure housing. A lock of the assembly is coupled to the filler neck closure housing and is movable between a locked position to prevent the dust shield from opening the outer aperture and an unlocked position to allow the dust shield to open the outer aperture.