Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Universal capless refueling funnel
- Patent Title (中): 通用无油加油漏斗
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Application No.: US13679587Application Date: 2012-11-16
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Publication No.: US09365404B2Publication Date: 2016-06-14
- Inventor: Mike Terrence Zitkovic , Brian Thomas Aitken
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: B67C11/02
- IPC: B67C11/02 ; B67D7/00 ; B67D7/02

Abstract:
A universal refueling funnel for a capless refueling system is provided. In one example approach the refueling funnel comprises a funnel body with a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end opposing the first end, the first opening larger than the second opening, and cross-sections of the funnel body decreasing from the first end towards the second end; and at least two opposing tabs at the second end, the opposing tabs deformable from a first position to a second position, a distance between outer surfaces of the opposing tabs at the second end being a first amount in the first position, the distance being a second, smaller amount, in the second position. Such a universal funnel may be used for both petrol and diesel size capless inserts, for example.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140137985A1 UNIVERSAL CAPLESS REFUELING FUNNEL Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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