US 12,434,959 B2
Fuel delivery system having a hose end valve
Jonathan W. Sanders, Portage, MI (US); Jeffrey A. Brown, Laingsburg, MI (US); and James C. Zuck, Marshall, MI (US)
Assigned to Marshall Excelsior Co., Marshall, MI (US)
Filed by Marshall Excelsior Co., Marshall, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,178.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,844, filed on Apr. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0322544 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 7/04 (2010.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 7/0401 (2013.01) [F16K 37/0041 (2013.01); B67D 2007/0421 (2013.01); B67D 2007/0444 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel delivery system comprising:
a supply tank;
a controller associated with the supply tank;
a hose in fluid communication with the supply tank;
a fluid control device in fluid communication with the hose and disposed at an end of the hose opposite the supply tank;
wherein the fluid control device comprises a valve for selectively controlling fluid flow through the fluid control device and an electronic sensor assembly detecting an operating position of the valve;
wherein the valve comprises a seal body and a main seal, the valve arranged to selectively dispose the seal body in contact with the main seal in a closed configuration and selectively dispose the seal body spaced apart from the main seal in an open configuration;
wherein the electronic sensor assembly is arranged to detect the operating position of the seal body relative to the main seal; and
wherein the controller and the electronic sensor assembly are configured to operate in combination to:
detect, with the electronic sensor assembly, a valve actuation;
generate, with the electronic sensor assembly, a first data record representative of a real-time event of the valve actuation; and
compare, with the controller, the first data record with a data representing a schedule of fuel deliveries.