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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Applicants:
J Bradley Groom, Oxford, OH (US);
Michael S. Brock, Connersville, IN (US);
Timothy J. King, Connersville, IN (US);
Jeffrey E. Devall, Greenuup, IL (US);
Inventors:
J Bradley Groom, Oxford, OH (US);
Michael S. Brock, Connersville, IN (US);
Timothy J. King, Connersville, IN (US);
Jeffrey E. Devall, Greenuup, IL (US);
Assignee:
Stant Manufacturing Inc., Connersville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nozzle inhibitor is positioned in a filler neck closure assembly to prevent a user from pumping unleaded fuel into a diesel fuel tank. The nozzle inhibitor blocks full insertion of a small-diameter unleaded fuel nozzle into the filler neck closure assembly yet allows full insertion of a large-diameter diesel fuel nozzle into the filler neck closure assembly.