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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2008
Jacob Schmalz, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John Gulke, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Peter D. Shears, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jacob Schmalz, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John Gulke, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Peter D. Shears, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A fuel tank cap for a fuel tank of an engine. The fuel tank cap includes a fuel cap cover, a housing having a side wall, a bottom wall, and a receptacle, a fuel vapor adsorption material positioned within the receptacle, an inlet disposed near the bottom wall and configured to provide fluid communication with a fuel tank vapor space, an outlet disposed near the bottom wall and configured to provide fluid communication with the atmosphere, an internal wall adjacent the bottom wall and disposed between the inlet and the outlet, and at least one aperture configured to permit fuel vapor to flow in a vapor flow path from one side of the internal wall to the other side of the internal wall.