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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Brian Aitken, Livonia, MI (US);
Robert Beier, Plymouth, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian Aitken, Livonia, MI (US);
Robert Beier, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel filler nozzle for an automotive vehicle includes an axially insertable guide spud for opening a capless filler pipe closure device. A vacuum shroud is mounted to the guide spud, and a fuel supply tube is telescopically mounted within the guide spud and the shroud. The fuel supply tube has a retracted position within the guide spud and an extended position in which a flexible portion of the fuel supply tube extends through the vacuum shroud and guide spud.