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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Canton, MI (US);
Mark Daniel Bunge, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/035 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03514 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03561 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y10S 903/904 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0402 (2015.04);
Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling a locking mechanism on a fuel cap for refueling a vehicle are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises venting a fuel tank into a vapor absorbent canister in response to a request to refuel and unlocking the fuel cap in response to a predetermined temperature change in said canister.