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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Damien Baldwin, Belleville, MI (US);
Michael William Soltis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Dumler, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Damien Baldwin, Belleville, MI (US);
Michael William Soltis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Dumler, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A fuel tank having an interior space defined by a wall, a fill tube to admit fuel into the interior space, and a vent to discharge air and vapor from the interior space as the fuel is admitted. The vent includes a vent tube extending through the wall and downward into the interior space, and having a non-circular opening. In this manner ejection of fuel from the fill tube can be prevented reliably under a wide range of refueling conditions, and without imparting excessive length to the vent tube.