Patent ID: 8622101

Claim:
A filler tube assembly for communicating fuel from a fuel pump nozzle to a fuel tank with the fuel pump nozzle having a pressure sensing port, said filler tube assembly comprising: a receiver having an inner wall defining an aperture for receiving the fuel pump nozzle with said inner wall defining an orifice extending through said inner wall transverse to said aperture; a seal coupled to said inner wall about said orifice for defining a chamber between said inner wall, said seal, and the fuel pump nozzle; and an air path extending between a first end in fluid communication with said orifice and a second end for disposition in fluid communication with the fuel tank; said receiver defining an abutting surface rigidly extending from said inner wall into said aperture for seating the fuel pump nozzle in said aperture to dispose the pressure sensing port in said chamber and to align the pressure sensing port with said orifice.