Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel tank baffle with pivotable vanes
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Application No.: US15903830Application Date: 2018-02-23
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Publication No.: US10974590B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Aed M. Dudar , Dennis Seung-Man Yang , Rob Ognjanovski, Jr.
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Geoffrey Brumbaugh
- Main IPC: B60K15/077
- IPC: B60K15/077 ; B60K15/03

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for regulating fuel flow in a fuel tank. In one example, a method may comprise fueling a fuel tank by receiving a nozzle into a filler tube which extends into a fuel tank to fuel the fuel tank, and directing fuel through the tube against vanes in a baffle which forms a compartment within the tank. Additionally, the method may comprise enabling the vanes to open so that pressure within the compartment remains below a level which would otherwise cause shut off the nozzle during the fueling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180178645A1 FUEL TANK BAFFLE WITH PIVOTABLE VANES Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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