US 12,252,008 B2
Fuel system with sacrificial neck sleeve
Chad A. Cederberg, Lincoln, NE (US); Bradley J. Moutray, Garden City, KS (US); and Seth A. Wortman, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to Agility Fuel Systems LLC, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Filed by AGILITY FUEL SYSTEMS LLC, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/807,240.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,122, filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410700 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 15/07 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/04 (2006.01); F17C 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/07 (2013.01) [B60K 15/04 (2013.01); F17C 13/08 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03453 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0477 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel tank assembly, comprising:
a tank comprising a first boss at one end and a second boss located at an end of the tank opposite the first boss;
a bearing block comprising a first inner portion comprising a tank component support surface; and
a sleeve having a length longer than a length of the bearing block, the sleeve configured to be disposed over the first boss and slide longitudinally relative to the tank component support surface of the bearing block upon expansion of the tank when pressurized.