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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2004
Applicants:

Robert H. Neely, Jr., Fort Wayne, IN (US);

David J. Martin, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Howard L. Pratt, Wolcottville, IN (US);

Brad A. Hively, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Len A. Hindsley, Union City, IN (US);

Inventors:

Robert H. Neely, Jr., Fort Wayne, IN (US);

David J. Martin, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Howard L. Pratt, Wolcottville, IN (US);

Brad A. Hively, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Len A. Hindsley, Union City, IN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/077 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A filler neck for a fuel tank used on busses achieves higher filling rates by varying the geometry and cross sectional size of the filler neck depending on local slope of the neck and available space to fit the neck, particularly between a bus chassis frame rail and the bus body floor.


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