Patent ID: 8267117

Claim:
A method of mounting a fuel valve to a fuel tank, comprising: providing a valve body including a first fluid pathway and a second fluid pathway therein and including a single closure device movable between a first position and a second position so as to simultaneously move each of said first fluid pathway and said second fluid pathway in said valve body between a flow condition and a non-flow condition, said first fluid pathway comprising only a first straight section and a second straight section positioned perpendicular to one another, and said second fluid pathway comprising only a first straight section and a second straight section positioned perpendicular to one another; positioning a first hollow bolt in said valve body such that at least a portion of said first fluid pathway extends through said first hollow bolt and securing said first bolt directly to a fuel tank return port; and positioning a second hollow bolt in said valve body such that at least a portion of said second fluid pathway extends through said second hollow bolt and securing said second bolt directly to a fuel tank supply port, wherein said first and second bolts secure said valve body directly to said fuel tank with an absence of mounting brackets and with an absence of hoses positioned between said valve body and said fuel tank and wherein fluid flowing along said first fluid flow path flows directly between said body and said fuel supply port and such that fluid flowing along said second fluid flow path flows directly between said body and said fuel return port, and wherein said first hollow bolt defines a ninety degree bend in said first fuel flow path at a position between said first and said second straight sections, and said second hollow bolt defines a ninety degree bend in said second fuel flow path at a position between said first and said second straight sections.