US 12,421,884 B2
Diesel exhaust fluid header and header adapters
Faheem Qureshi, Bonita Springs, OH (US); and Steve Milette, Bonita Springs, OH (US)
Assigned to SHAW DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Bonita Springs, FL (US)
Appl. No. 18/840,198
Filed by SHAW DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Bonita Springs, OH (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2024, PCT No. PCT/US2024/017425
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 21, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/182362, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 6, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/448,404, filed on Feb. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0109704 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. F01N 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC F01N 3/28 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A DEF universal header and adapter assembly, comprising:
a universal header comprising a first end, a second end, and an elongated body, wherein the second end and elongated body are insertable into a reservoir; and
an adapter comprising a first face, a second face, and a through opening, wherein the through opening forms an inner peripheral wall comprising a header interface that is selectively attachable to a corresponding adapter interface on the universal header;
wherein the adapter further comprises a reservoir interface that is selectively attachable to the reservoir and facilitates attachment of the universal header to the reservoir, wherein the header interface of the adapter selectively interlocks with the universal header by bayonet-style mounting features.