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Filler pipe seal with fill control skirt

US4323166A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 9, 1979
Grant dateApr 6, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 9, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60K2015/048
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A filler pipe seal having an annular body forming an interference fit between a filler pipe and fuel tank with an integral tubular skirt depending from the annular body and extending into the fuel tank beyond the open lower end of the filler pipe to provide precisely determined fuel tank capacity defined by the lower end of the tubular skirt.

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