Inlet fitting for fuel tank of diesel motor vehicles

US7789113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Alfmeier Präzision AG Baugruppen Und Systemlösungen · DE

Inventors

• Markus Stephan · Wien, AT
• André Brandis · Oderberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 2007
• Grant date: Sep 7, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2015/0483
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The device includes a protective mechanism for preventing introduction of a gasoline-type nozzle into an inlet passageway of a fuel tank of a Diesel motor vehicle, the inlet passageway defining a central axis, the protective mechanism comprising two arms mounted at least partially within the inlet passageway, the arms being pivotable around a pivot axis substantially parallel to the central axis. A connector is mounted at least partially within the inlet passageway, the connector being movable in a plane transverse to the central axis, movement of the connector outwardly from an idle position relative to the central axis causing the arms to pivot from an idle position toward a free-flow position. The connector is configured so that insertion of a gasoline-type nozzle into the inlet passageway will not move the arms to the free-flow position, whereas insertion of a Diesel-type nozzle into the inlet passageway will move the arms to the free-flow position.