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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Russell Randall Pearce, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark Edward Hipp, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0854 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for a vehicle is provided herein. The system includes a fuel vapor canister comprising a shell, a compression plate within the shell and an end cap. The end cap includes a double sided spring interface and a double sided shell sealing surface having double sided identical grooves, only one of which is sealed to the shell. The system further includes a spring coupled to the compression plate and only one spring interface.