Patent ID: 6698799
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B60K,F16L

Abstract:
A spud assembly for use with a fuel tank having a body defining an interior chamber and having an outer periphery, said spud assembly comprising:a base attached to the outer periphery of the fuel tank, said base having a throughbore open both to the interior chamber of the tank and exteriorly of the tank, an elongated spud having an axial throughbore, said spud being positioned onto said base to a connected position in which said spud extends axially through at least a portion of said base throughbore, throughbore and said base throughbore are fluidly connected together in series with each other, a locking ring coaxially disposed over said spud and said base when said spud is in said connected position, said locking ring having means for locking said base and said spud together with said spud in said connected position as said ring is rotated from an unlocked position to a locked position, wherein said base has an outwardly facing mounting surface coaxially disposed around said base throughbore, said spud having a radially outwardly extending flange forming an annular mounting surface, said spud and said base mounting surfaces abutting against each other when said spud is in said connected position.