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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Stant Usa Corp., Connersville, IN (US);
Inventor:
Gary L. Dunkle, Connersville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Stant USA Group, Connersville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03504 (2013.01); B60K 15/03519 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03514 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cap includes a filler-neck closure adapted to mate with a filler neck to close a mouth opening into a fuel-conducting passageway formed in the filler neck. The filler-neck closure includes a vacuum-relief valve and a handle arranged to overlie the filler-neck closure and gripped by a user during removal of the fuel cap from the filler neck.