Patent ID: 8701694

Claim:
A process of assembling a portion of a fuel tank filler neck, the process comprising the steps of providing a tubular housing formed to include a fuel-transfer channel extending from a downstream end thereof to an upstream end thereof, mounting an inlet check valve apparatus on the downstream end of the tubular housing to regulate flow of liquid fuel and fuel vapor through an outlet formed in the tubular housing to open into the fuel-transfer channel, insert-molding a spud anchor into tubular housing so that it protrudes from an exterior portion of the tubular housing to locate the spud anchor in a stationary position on the tubular housing, and coupling a spud to the spud anchor to form a tank mount configured to provide means for mating with a fuel tank to support the tubular housing in an aperture formed in the fuel tank to position the downstream end of the tubular housing in communication with an interior fuel-storage region formed in the fuel tank and to position the upstream end of the tubular housing outside of the fuel tank to communicate with a fill tube associated with the fuel tank.