Patent ID: 7757729
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A filler tube assembly for communicating fuel from a fuel pump nozzle to a fuel tank with the fuel pump nozzle having a pressure sensing port, said filler tube assembly comprising: a receiver having an inner wall defining an aperture for receiving the fuel pump nozzle with said inner wall defining an orifice extending through said inner wall transverse to said aperture; a seal coupled to said inner wall about said orifice for defining a chamber between said inner wall, said seal, and the fuel pump nozzle; and a vacuum tube having a coupled end coupled to said receiver and in fluid communication with said orifice and an open end for disposition in fluid communication with the fuel tank; said receiver defining a rim rigidly extending from said inner wall into said aperture for seating the fuel pump nozzle in said aperture to dispose the pressure sensing port in said chamber and to align the pressure sensing port with said orifice.