Patent ID: 6840274

Claim:
A vent apparatus adapted to be coupled to a vehicle fuel tank, the apparatus comprising a valve housing made from a non-weldable plastics material and formed to include a cylindrical sleeve defining an interior region, a top wall coupled to the cylindrical sleeve and formed to include on aperture and an annular flange defining an annular channel, and a venting outlet coupled to the top wall at the aperture and provided to conduct fuel and fuel vapor from the interior region of the cylindrical sleeve to another destination outside the valve housing, a valve positioned to lie within the interior region of the cylindrical sleeve and formed to move within the interior region of the cylindrical sleeve to open and close the aperture defined by the top wall of the valve housing which leads to the venting outlet, and a tank mount made from a weldable plastics material, coupled to the top wall of the valve housing, and formed to include an outer rim adapted to be coupled to the fuel tank to support the cylindrical sleeve within the tank, an annular rib formed to be received within the annular channel of the flange of the top wall, and a top wall coupled to and positioned to lie between the outer rim and the annular rib, the tank mount being positioned to cause the top wall of the tank mount and the top wall of the valve housing to lie in coplanar relation with one another.