Patent ID: 9605803
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60K,F17C,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a fuel tank having an upper wall, a bottom wall and side walls defining a cavity, the fuel tank having an access opening through the upper wall of the fuel tank to enable access to the cavity; a guide coupled to the upper wall and disposed in the cavity of the fuel tank, the guide having a first end and a second end defining a length extending in a longitudinal direction proximate an interior surface of the upper wall between a first portion of the cavity adjacent the access opening and a second portion of the cavity spaced away from the access opening, the guide having a channel extending between the first end and the second end, the first end being accessible via the access opening; and a flexible coupling to be at least partially received by the channel of the guide and supported by the guide in a direction along the interior surface of the upper wall, a first end of the flexible coupling to receive a first fuel component when the flexible coupling is at least partially disposed in the channel of the guide and the first end of the flexible coupling is adjacent the access opening, the flexible coupling to position the first fuel component adjacent the second end of the guide when a second end of the flexible coupling opposite the first end of the flexible coupling is retracted from the channel of the guide via the access opening.