Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
141348000 | Supply means carried receiver flow control opening means | 42 |
20090056829 | FUEL FILLER SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A capless fuel filler device includes an anti-contamination seal mounted upon an external portion of a fuel filler passage extending through the device. An anti-contamination plug may selectively be inserted into the combination passage so as to sealingly engage the anti-contamination seal. A contaminant drain leading from the valve body's fuel and nozzle passage serves to not only remove liquid contaminants from the fuel and nozzle passage, but also to mitigate any incidental buildup of vacuum within the fuel tank. | 03-05-2009 |
20100071807 | System for filling a tank - System for filling a tank comprising a fill pipe and a pipe head comprising an inlet valve and a moveable stopper in the head under the valve, characterized in that the valve comprises a peripheral part and a central part and in that only the peripheral part is coupled to the stopper and capable of causing the opening and/or unlocking of the latter under the pressure of a large-diameter fill nozzle, the central part being moveable with respect to this peripheral part so as to be able to swing under the action of a smaller-diameter fill nozzle, without acting on the stopper, while being connected to this same peripheral part so as to be entrained and swung with it under the pressure of a large-diameter fill nozzle. | 03-25-2010 |
20100126625 | FUEL SHUT-OFF VALVE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A vehicle fuel inlet shut-off valve assembly ( | 05-27-2010 |
20100193076 | CAPLESS FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE ASSEMBLY - A capless fuel tank filler pipe assembly includes a filler pipe and a bulkhead disposed on the filler pipe. The bulkhead includes a nozzle receiving portion. A flapper door is pivotally disposed on the filler pipe, and is biased to a closed position. The flapper door is configured to compress an annular seal disposed between the bulkhead and the flapper door. The annular seal includes a liquid/vapor sealing material bonded to a substantially impermeable material. The substantially impermeable material substantially blocks emission of hydrocarbon molecules that permeate the liquid/vapor sealing material. | 08-05-2010 |
20110297276 | VEHICLE POWERED BY HYDROGEN FUELCELL AND SYSTEM FOR FUELLING SUCH VEHICLE - A vehicle ( | 12-08-2011 |
141349000 | Coupling controls receiver inlet flow | 37 |
20080230147 | SEALING SYSTEM FOR FILL PIPE HEAD - Sealing system for fuel tank fill head which comprises:
| 09-25-2008 |
20080308180 | Sealing system for fill pipe head, associated pipe and tank - Sealing system for fuel tank fill head comprising:
| 12-18-2008 |
20090020182 | FUEL-DISPENSING NOZZLE INHIBITOR - 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. | 01-22-2009 |
20090188582 | TANK OPENING-CLOSING DEVICE - The tank opening-closing device is realized with a simple constitution of the opening-closing mechanism equipped with a pressure adjustment valve for regulating the internal pressure of the fuel tank. The opening-closing mechanism is equipped with a gasket provided on the opening peripheral edge part of the inlet of the tank opening forming member, the valve opening-closing mechanism for opening and closing the inlet and also regulating the internal pressure of the fuel tank, and a retraction mechanism that selectively moves the valve opening-closing mechanism to the closing position and the fueling position in conjunction with the fueling gun, The valve opening-closing mechanism has a closing position for opening and closing the inlet and a fueling position retracted from the inlet for which it is possible to supply fuel. | 07-30-2009 |
20090194198 | END PIECE FOR THE FILLING OF A TANK - The filling end piece comprises a duct having an insertion aperture and a sleeve moveable with respect to the duct. The sleeve is adapted to adopt a withdrawn position when not urged and an advanced position when it is urged by a movement of insertion of a spout of large diameter. The end piece comprises an obstacle for countering the filling by a small spout. The end piece comprises an end of travel abutment for a small spout, fixed with respect to the duct and projecting inwardly, the abutment being distinct from and upstream of the obstacle in the duct. | 08-06-2009 |
20100132838 | SELECTIVE FUEL NOZZLE INHIBITING SYSTEM - A fuel intake assembly may include a main tube ( | 06-03-2010 |
20120024422 | MIS-FUEL INHIBITOR - A mis-fuel inhibitor in an inlet neck assembly of a vehicle fuel system discriminates between nozzle diameters, allowing entrance of nozzle diameters at or greater than a predetermined minimum diameter while inhibiting entrance of nozzles having diameters less than the predetermined minimum diameter. An actuator responsive to nozzle diameters engages and disengages locking arms that are associated with a primary shutoff valve flapper door. | 02-02-2012 |
20130008562 | INSTRUMENT, A SYSTEM AND A CONTAINER FOR PROVISIONING A DEVICE FOR PERSONAL CARE TREATMENT, AND A DEVICE FOR PERSONAL CARE TREATMENT WITH SUCH A CONTAINER - An instrument for filling a substance supply container of a device for personal care treatment has a filling needle having a proximal end connected or connectable to a storage reservoir and a distal end, a substance transport conduit extending from the proximal end to at least one outlet provided in a radially facing surface portion closely adjacent the distal end of the filling needle. A sleeve is arranged around the filling needle and is movable between a first position closing off the at least one outlet and a second position proximally away from the first position and the at least one outlet. A system including such an instrument, a container for cooperation with such an instrument and for provisioning a device for personal care treatment as well as a device for personal care treatment including such a container are described. | 01-10-2013 |
20130186516 | COLLAPSIBLE BALLOON CUP WITH ATTACHABLE INFLATION AIR TUBE - A balloon assembly including a balloon pedestal having a cup attached to a collar and an air tube that can be fixedly attached to a one-way balloon valve. The balloon cup is configured with a plurality of creases that allow it to be folded or otherwise reduced in shape for more economical packaging. The collar and air stem are also oval in shape to further reduce the overall volume of the balloon assembly. The balloon cup can be placed over and secured to the air tube, with the cup supporting the base of the balloon. A rod or similar support can also be placed in the end of the air tube to allow the balloon to be more visible. | 07-25-2013 |
20130333803 | PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE - A pressure regulator valve arrangement may include first and second regulator valves for closing a fluid passage in the event of over-pressure. The valve members may each have pressure ports for sensing the pressure, and the ports may be located downstream of the valve members to minimise interaction between the valves. | 12-19-2013 |
20140041758 | CAP FOR SEALING A CONTAINER - The present invention relates to a cap comprising a body, an opening passing through the cap and adapted in turn to be passed through by at least one product transfer member, and a membrane which, at rest, covers the opening. The membrane has a main portion that extends through the opening and defines two inclined faces, each inclined face having a distal edge. The two inclined faces form a dihedron when the membrane is at rest, the distal edges of the two inclined faces coming together at the apex of the dihedron. The cap comprises at least two flaps that extend through the opening, above the membrane, the two inclined faces of the membrane being respectively covered by two flaps, each flap having a free edge that extends along the distal edge of the corresponding inclined face. | 02-13-2014 |
20140048174 | Apparatus, System and Method for Fluid Delivery - A filling aid. The filling aid includes a needle housing portion including at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position, and a filling needle cradle including a filling needle, the filling needle cradle slidable connected to the needle housing portion and having a starting position and a filling position, wherein when the at least one tab on the needle housing moves from a starting position to a filling position, the filling needle cradle slides from a starting position to a filling position, and wherein when the at least one tab on the needle housing moves from a filling position to a starting position, the filling needle cradle slides from a filling position to a starting position. | 02-20-2014 |
141350000 | For inlet with externally engaged flap or closure member | 25 |
20090056830 | FUEL FILLER CLOSURE DEVICE FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A fuel filler closure device for an automotive vehicle includes a valve body adapted for mounting to a fuel filler pipe and having a filler passage. An access door mounted within the valve body has an open position allowing placement of a fuel nozzle within the filler passage and a closed position for blocking insertion of a filler nozzle. The locking mechanism selectively permits the access door to move from the closed position to the open position. The locking mechanism may include either a manual locking device, or an electronic or other type of remote lock which will be responsive to a vehicle condition. | 03-05-2009 |
20090056831 | FUEL DISPENSING NOZZLE INHIBITOR - Safety system for a filter pipe for filling a tank, in particular a fuel tank, the filler pipe including a pipe head suitable for receiving a delivery nozzle, the system including a valve which is mounted in the pipe head and is able to swing, between closed and open positions, about a swing axis essentially tangential to the periphery of the valve. The valve is kept closed outside the filling periods by a prestressing means and is swung open by a force exerted by a free end of the delivery nozzle against a contact face of the valve during the nozzle insertion into the filler pipe. In some embodiments, the valve is for closing off tightly a capless filler pipe, and includes, on its contact face, a stop device designed to allow the insertion of a suitable delivery nozzle into the filler pipe, and not of an unsuitable nozzle. | 03-05-2009 |
20090095373 | FUEL INTAKE ASSEMBLY FOR FILLING A VEHICLE TANK WITH DIESEL FUEL - In a fuel filling assembly to fill diesel fuel into a vehicle tank, having a slotted actuation bush ( | 04-16-2009 |
20090107583 | Fill Nozzle Positioning Apparatus - An apparatus for positioning a fill nozzle includes an elongated fill pipe assembly. An annular seal is operatively connected within the fill pipe assembly and defines a center aperture. The annular seal is sized to seal around the fill nozzle. First and second annular restrictions are provided within the fill pipe assembly. The first and second annular restrictions define first and second apertures that are sized to sufficiently restrict lateral movement of the fill nozzle within the fill pipe assembly to maintain sealing contact of the annular seal around the fill nozzle. | 04-30-2009 |
20090139606 | CONTOURED DOOR WITH SEAL - A compact closure assembly for a capless filler tube for a fuel tank includes a housing having a passageway extending therethough for receiving a fuel filler nozzle, and a door moveable from a first position sealing the passageway to a second position permitting insertion of the fuel filler nozzle into the passageway. The door is contoured such that when in the second position, the outer surface of the door is generally concentric with a wall of the housing about a longitudinal axis of the passageway. Accordingly, much of the additional space found in conventional closure assemblies that is needed for accommodating the flat door in the open position can be eliminated. | 06-04-2009 |
20090260716 | Plug System for a Fuel Tank Filler Pipe - Plug system built into the top of a fuel tank filler pipe, comprising | 10-22-2009 |
20100006178 | Incorrect-Refueling Arrangement - A purely mechanically operating incorrect-refueling device for a filler tube of a tank has a receiving element, which can be pressed apart radially from its interior space at least on opposite wall areas, and a flap, which is arranged on the output side of the receiving element, covers the receiving element in locking fashion in the resting state, and is unlocked and can be opened under pressure when the receiving element is pressed apart. | 01-14-2010 |
20100012223 | Fuel filler port closing apparatus - According to a fuel filler port closing apparatus of the present invention, an opening | 01-21-2010 |
20100012224 | Fuel filler port closing apparatus - Problems to be solved: | 01-21-2010 |
20100078094 | Pour spout assembly with winged stop structure - A spout assembly transfers fluid from a container, and comprises a basic conduit construction, and a sleeve construction. The conduit construction comprises a laterally opposed extended conduit wings. The sleeve construction has a slotted end and a winged end. The slotted end comprises laterally opposed, bifurcated slots for receiving the conduit wings. Each bifurcated slot has an abbreviated and elongated slot length. The sleeve construction receives the conduit construction such that the sleeve construction is axially and rotatably displaceable relative to the conduit construction intermediate a closed position enabled via the conduit wings and abbreviated slot lengths and an open position enabled via the conduit wing and elongated slot lengths. The winged end comprises a plurality of circumferentially-spaced, extended wings, the longitudinal termini of which provide spout assembly stop structure at a fuel inlet aperture. | 04-01-2010 |
20100108192 | FILL VALVE FOR AN AEROSOL CONTAINER - A fill valve for selective interconnection with a container is provided. The fill valve includes a head shaft and shoulder separated by grooves that are selectively positioned in an aperture of the container to selectively provide a flow path into the container. | 05-06-2010 |
20100175785 | FUEL-DISPENSING NOZZLE INHIBITOR - 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. | 07-15-2010 |
20100193077 | CONTAINERIZED SILO - A portable silo adapted for dispensing and metering flowable materials integrated into a shipping container is described. After shipping to a concrete pouring site or other mixing application, doors on one end of the container may be opened, leveling legs deployed, and the container righted to a vertical position, wherein the leveling legs are placed in contact with the ground, a pad or another supporting surface. Metering devices mounted on the legs are used to weigh the combination of the container, the silo and the flowable material. The silo may then be filled with a flowable material through a door in the container on the other end thereof from the doors utilized for accessing the leveling legs, or by a pneumatic filling tube attached thereto. A dust filter which may be disposed within the container during transit, may now be deployed on the outside of the container. | 08-05-2010 |
20100212780 | FUEL FILLER APPARATUS OF VEHICLE - A fuel filler apparatus of a vehicle of the invention only permits insertion of fuel dispensing nozzles of a diameter within a predefined range, and prevents insertion of fuel dispensing nozzles whose diameter is smaller or larger than this range. The fuel filler apparatus includes a manual operation mechanism which by a manual operation permits the insertion of only fuel dispensing nozzles of a diameter smaller than the range. | 08-26-2010 |
20100218849 | Fuel tank opening-closing device - A fuel tank opening-closing device includes a flap valve mechanism situated inside a tank opening forming member and having a flap valve mechanism; and an opening-closing activation mechanism adapted to selectively set the flap valve mechanism to a locked position or an unlocked position. The opening-closing activation mechanism includes a cover covering the peripheral edge portion of the opening-closing member and having a cover body produced by being split into arcuate shapes of prescribed width; a nozzle detection mechanism having introductory push parts that are adapted to receive force of motion in the insertion direction by a fueling nozzle; locking members which engage or disengage from the opening-closing member; and a locking mechanism having and adapted to move the locking members from the locked position to the unlocked position through interlocking operation with the introductory push parts. | 09-02-2010 |
20100230007 | Liquid Dispensing System - The invention relates to a liquid dispensing system. The system includes a liquid dispensing apparatus ( | 09-16-2010 |
20110079322 | FUEL FILLER SYSTEM - A capless fuel filler system has lower and upper sealing doors. The upper sealing door prevents water, water vapor, dust, etc. from entering into the space between the lower and upper doors. In prior systems with one sealing door a drain is provided to remove water (either directly entering or condensed water vapor), dust, or excess fuel drips from fueling just upstream of the lower door. By providing two sealing doors, water and dust cannot access the lower door. Although some fuel may puddle upstream of the lower door after a fueling event, the fuel is trapped, with no drain to the exterior, between lower and upper doors. If such fuel evaporates, it causes the lower door to open and vents the fuel vapors to the fuel tank, a desirable disposition for the vapors. The two sealing doors are contained in separate components to facilitate interchangeability and serviceability. | 04-07-2011 |
20110186176 | HOSE FUEL NOZZLE - A fuel hose nozzle for filling a tank having a filler the tank with liquefied petroleum gas has a tubular valve housing extending along an axis and having an outer end, a tubular valve guide axially shiftable in the valve housing between a front position and a rear position and forming an outlet port adjacent the outer end, and a valve in the housing movable between an open position permitting fluid flow into the valve guide toward the outlet end and a closed position preventing such flow. A valve piston in the valve guide and axially fixed in the valve housing is engaged in the front position of the valve guide with the port to block flow through same. A fitting sleeve surrounding and axially shiftable on the valve housing has at the outer end an end fitting complementary to the tank filler neck. | 08-04-2011 |
20110284128 | ONE-WAY VALVE FOR A FUEL-TANK FILLING CONDUIT - A one-way valve for a fuel-tank filling conduit deters siphoning and prevents back flow of fuel. The one-way valve comprises a blocking element arranged in the conduit and pivotable between a flow-blocking, object-insertion blocking first position and a flow-admitting, object-insertion blocking second position. In the second position the blocking element divides the conduit into flow areas of comparable width. The one-way valve further comprises a bias element that biases the blocking element to the first position. | 11-24-2011 |
20120111451 | FUEL FILLER DOOR MODULE - A tank flap module is provided for installation in a motor vehicle having a basin, which in the region of an elastically deformable floor section has a passage opening for receiving a fuel filler neck. The floor section adjoining the passage opening on a side facing the fuel filler neck has a surface structure provided for reducing the adhesive and/or sliding friction properties. | 05-10-2012 |
20120279612 | FUELING-ERROR PREVENTION DEVICE - A fueling-error prevention device is provided in an inside of a fuel flow path between a fueling opening and a fuel tank. A flap valve is provided on one of the first and the second sliders which are disposed opposite each other with the fuel flow path positioned therebetween. Accompanied by an insertion of a fueling nozzle having a predetermined diameter, the fueling nozzle abuts against either the first or the second slider so as to move one slider in a separating direction. Thus, the other of the first or the second slider is allowed to move in the separating direction, and due to the movement of the other slider in the separating direction by abutment of the fueling nozzle, the flap valve is allowed to be opened. | 11-08-2012 |
20120312420 | FILLING PORT STRUCTURE FOR FUEL TANK - A filling port structure for a fuel tank includes a filling port member that defines a filling port, an open/close valve that opens and closes the filling port, a rotary member that attaches the open/close valve to the filling port member in a manner such that the open/close valve is rotatable between an open position and a closed position, a locking member that is provided in the filling port member and is movable between a locking position to lock the open/close valve in the closed position and an unlocking position to unlock the open/close valve, an unlocking member that moves the locking member to the unlocking position when pressed by a fuel gun, and a retention portion that holds the locking member in the unlocking position at least when the open/close valve is in the open position. | 12-13-2012 |
20130233445 | FILLER NECK WITH BLOCKER DEVICE FOR DIESEL FUEL TANK - A filler neck for a diesel fuel tank with a blocker device for preventing misfuelling with a nozzle of smaller diameter than the minimum diesel nozzle diameter, and includes control levers, a control spring, a blocker lever, a blocker latch and a blocker latch spring. | 09-12-2013 |
20140352846 | FILLER NECK APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING FUEL FROM MIXING - A filler neck apparatus may include a housing into which a fuel filling gun is selectively inserted, a rotation protrusion pivotally mounted on a side of the housing and elastically biased in a direction, wherein the rotation protrusion contacts with the fuel filling gun while the fuel filling gun is inserted into the housing, a slider slidably installed in the housing and elastically biased in a direction wherein the slider is selectively coupled to the rotation protrusion, and wherein a locked state of the slider is released by the rotation protrusion and is movable in a direction when the slider is released from the rotation protrusion, a flapper pivotally mounted on the housing and opening or closing the bottom end of the housing by the fuel filling gun, a stopper pivotally mounted on the housing and selectively locking the flapper, and a link pivotally connecting the slider and the stopper. | 12-04-2014 |
20160115010 | CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ADJUSTABLE DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING FUEL ADDITIVES FROM CONTAINERS INTO CAPLESS FUEL SYSTEMS - Devices that assist in transferring liquid from commercially available fuel additive containers into capless fuel system intakes generally include an enlarged mouth portion and a narrower nozzle portion, with the mouth portion detachably engaging with an additive container, and the nozzle portion inserted into a capless fuel system intake, such that the capless fuel system's opening flap is held in the opened position. The mouth of the device includes a plurality of hinge points that permit circumferential enlargement of the aperture, thereby allowing the device to form a substantially leak-proof frictional engagement with the neck of fuel additive containers having different diameters. In this manner devices can be used with almost all additive containers, regardless of the type, size and/or manufacturer. The device may include at least one flexible region on the nozzle. | 04-28-2016 |