Patent ID: 7163117
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: B60K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A fuel cap for use in a filler neck of a tank of a vehicle having body portions which are conductive, the fuel cap comprising: a housing sized to fit into the filler neck, a cover coupled to an upper end of the housing, the cover being made of a non-conductive resin and an electrically conductive coating covering at least a portion of the non-conductive resin, the coating including a particulate conductor dispersed in a solid polymer matrix comprising a covalently cross-linked thermoset polymer and a non-covalently cross-linked thermoplastic polymer, the coating having a thickness of between approximately 0.1 and 0.6 mil, and a conductive discharge member having a first end engaged with the electrically conductive coating of the cover and a second end adapted to be coupled to one of the filler neck and the body of the vehicle to dissipate static charge, and wherein the coating is effective to dissipate a static charge within approximately one second.