US 11,945,299 B2
Two-piece fuel filler tube assembly bracket
Thomas K. E. Wilhelm, West Bloomfield, MI (US); and Barry Lee Damron, Waterford, MI (US)
Assigned to FLUID ROUTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, Madison Heights, MI (US)
Appl. No. 16/979,540
Filed by Fluid Routing Solutions, LLC, Madison Heights, MI (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/024283
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/191233, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,087, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0001717 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 15/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/01 (2006.01); F16L 3/02 (2006.01); B23K 101/10 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/067 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/04 (2013.01) [B60K 15/01 (2013.01); F16L 3/02 (2013.01); B23K 2101/10 (2018.08); B60K 2015/03486 (2013.01); B60K 2015/047 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0474 (2013.01); B60K 15/067 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel fill tube assembly for an associated vehicle comprising:
a tubular fill conduit;
a receiver attached to the fill conduit;
a bracket mountable to a surface of the associated vehicle, the bracket configured to be received by the receiver to thereby support the fill conduit relative to the associated vehicle;
wherein the receiver includes first and second mounting flanges and a center portion extending between the first and second mounting flanges, at least a portion of the center portion and the fill conduit defining a slot, and wherein the bracket includes a coupling flange configured to be received in the slot; and
wherein the slot opens along a longitudinal direction of the fill conduit, whereby the bracket can be translated relative to the receiver along the longitudinal direction of the conduit to insert the coupling flange into the slot; and wherein the bracket is coupled to the receiver by an interference fit.