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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:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Michael B. Thompson, Novi, MI (US);
Vaughn K. Mills, Chelsea, MI (US);
Peter G. Belanger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew W. Mcintosh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael B. Thompson, Novi, MI (US);
Vaughn K. Mills, Chelsea, MI (US);
Peter G. Belanger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew W. McIntosh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 33/02 (2006.01); B65B 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel tank cap including a vapor storage receptacle and a discriminator that discriminates between liquid fuel and fuel vapor for protecting the vapor storage receptacle from liquid and adsorbent granulated carbonaceous material. A fuel storage system including a fuel tank cap having a vapor storage receptacle is also disclosed.