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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Stant Usa Corp., Connersville, IN (US);
Inventors:
J Bradley Groom, Oxford, OH (US);
Lowell R Bell, Fountaintown, IN (US);
Assignee:
Stant USA Corp., Connersville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/00 (2005.12); B60K 15/04 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2012.12); B60K 2015/0483 (2012.12);
Abstract
A nozzle inhibitor is included in a fuel tank filler neck closure assembly. The nozzle inhibitor blocks full insertion of a small-diameter unleaded fuel nozzle into the filler neck closure assembly yet allows full insertion of a large-diameter diesel fuel nozzle into the filler neck closure assembly.