US 11,926,520 B2
Nozzle for gaseous or liquefied fuel having delay between coupling and activation
Jonathan Jefcoate Lee, Papamoa (NZ); and William John Fisher, Tauranga (NZ)
Assigned to Oasis Engineering (2003) Ltd, Tauranga (NZ)
Filed by Oasis Engineering (2003) Ltd, Tauranga (NZ)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,537.
Application 18/106,537 is a continuation of application No. 17/625,482, granted, now 11,608,262, previously published as PCT/EP2020/070136, filed on Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19186456 (EP), filed on Jul. 16, 2019; and application No. 10 2019 132 411.4 (DE), filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0183056 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67D 7/42 (2010.01); F16L 37/42 (2006.01); F17C 5/06 (2006.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 7/42 (2013.01) [F16L 37/42 (2013.01); F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 13/04 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0376 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01); F17C 2265/065 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0139 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Filling nozzle for delivering a fluid into a tank, said filling nozzle having:
a. a first fluid connector (13) which is connectable to a fluid infeed line;
b. a second fluid connector (14) which is connectable to a connector port (15) of the tank;
c. a duct for directing the fluid from the first fluid connector (13) to the second fluid connector (14);
d. a main valve which is disposed in the duct;
e. a coupling installation (30) for establishing a connection between the filling nozzle and the connector port (15); and
f. an activation device (17) for activating the coupling installation (30) and the main valve, wherein the activation device (17) has a hand lever (11) which is movable between a closed position and an opened position,
wherein the activation device (17) is specified for converting a movement of the hand lever (11) between the closed position and the opened position to a temporally offset activation of the coupling installation (30) and the main valve,
wherein the coupling installation (30) comprises a locking mechanism which in a displacement of the second fluid connector (14) in the direction of the connector port (15) establishes automatic locking between the second fluid connector (14) and the connector port (15) without manual activation of the hand lever (11), wherein the activation device (17) in a movement of the hand lever from the opened position to the closed position first activates the main valve and subsequently releases the locking mechanism between the second fluid connector (14) and the connector port (15).