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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2011
Applicant:
Peter Gerard Belanger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Peter Gerard Belanger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 23/00 (2006.01); F02M 25/08 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0872 (2013.01); B60K 15/03519 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03509 (2013.01); F02M 2025/0863 (2013.01); Y10T 137/3084 (2015.04);
Abstract
An insert for a fuel vapor valve traps liquid fuel and prevent the fuel from leaking out of the valve. The insert includes a tube and a skirt disposed around the tube. The skirt seals against a portion of the fuel vapor valve, such as against an inner wall of a valve port or on a top portion of the valve to act as a valve cap. The tube and the skirt cooperate with the fuel vapor valve to form a reservoir that traps fuel.