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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
Sean Whelan, Grand Ledge, MI (US);
Anthony Slabaugh, Belmont, MI (US);
Christopher Bostwick, Rockford, MI (US);
Sean Whelan, Grand Ledge, MI (US);
Anthony Slabaugh, Belmont, MI (US);
Christopher Bostwick, Rockford, MI (US);
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
Fuel fill apparatus for use with fuel tanks are described. An example fuel fill apparatus includes a body to removably couple to a neck of a fuel tank. The body has an opening to receive a fuel nozzle and guide liquid fuel from the fuel nozzle to a cavity of the fuel tank. A nozzle retainer retains the fuel nozzle in the opening. A positioner in the opening offsets the fuel nozzle relative to a central axis of the opening such that an aspirator of the fuel nozzle is positioned adjacent an inner wall of the opening when the fuel nozzle is inserted in the opening. The positioner maintains a fuel nozzle outlet opening substantially parallel relative to a central axis of the opening during a fueling event.