Patent ID: 6691750
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
A filler neck closure assembly for a vehicle fuel tank filler neck, the assembly comprisinga nozzle receiver adapted to be coupled to a fuel tank filler neck to receive a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle during fuel tank refueling, the nozzle receiver including a closure support formed to include a pump nozzle-receiving passageway extending therethrough and a closure mounted on the closure support for movement between a closed position closing the pump nozzle-receiving passageway and an opened position opening the pump nozzle-receiving passageway and a fuel-discharge control collar formed to include a collar aperture, the fuel-discharge control collar being positioned to move in the pump nozzle-receiving passageway formed in the closure support of the nozzle receiver to block flow of liquid fuel and fuel vapor discharged from the filler neck through a discharge channel defined between the closure support and a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle extending through the collar aperture and through the pump nozzle-receiving passageway during a tank refueling operation.