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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robert Ognjanovski, Jr., Shelby Township, MI (US);
Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Lucka, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Russell Randall Pearce, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 9/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); F02M 25/08 (2006.01); F16K 31/10 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03519 (2013.01); F02M 25/08 (2013.01); F16K 27/029 (2013.01); F16K 31/0675 (2013.01); F16K 31/0689 (2013.01); F16K 31/10 (2013.01); F01L 2009/0403 (2013.01); F01L 2009/0425 (2013.01); F01L 2009/0428 (2013.01); F01L 2009/0446 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a latchable refueling valve designed to reduce noise associated with opening and closing the valve. In one example, a system may include a valve armature with first and second latch indices formed on an outer diameter of the armature. The latch indices may be rounded and configured to engage with a latch guide to enable rotation between the armature and the latch guide.