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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Bryan M. Miller, Elk Grove, IL (US);
Franco A. Cisternino, Deerfield, IL (US);
Paul M. Sutenbach, Highland Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Bryan M. Miller, Elk Grove, IL (US);
Franco A. Cisternino, Deerfield, IL (US);
Paul M. Sutenbach, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mis-fuel inhibitor in an inlet neck assembly of a vehicle fuel system discriminates between nozzle diameters, allowing entrance of nozzle diameters at or greater than a predetermined minimum diameter while inhibiting entrance of nozzles having diameters less than the predetermined minimum diameter. An actuator responsive to nozzle diameters opens and closes shutters blocking nozzle entrance.