US 12,172,516 B2
Attachment for fuel inlet of vehicle
Yoshiaki Naganuma, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/622,333.
Application 18/622,333 is a division of application No. 17/821,614, filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-137084 (JP), filed on Aug. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262186 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/04 (2013.01) [B60K 15/03006 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03026 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03256 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0467 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment having a tubular shape and configured to be detachably connected to a fuel inlet of a vehicle, the vehicle having an inlet-side communication device adjacent to the fuel inlet, the inlet-side communication device being configured to communicate with a nozzle-side communication device of a first fuel supply nozzle when the first fuel supply nozzle is connected to the fuel inlet, and the attachment comprising:
a first opening at one end of the tubular shape with a first diameter connectable to the fuel inlet;
a second opening at an opposite end of the tubular shape with a second diameter connectable to a second fuel supply nozzle, wherein a nozzle opening size of the second fuel supply nozzle is different from a nozzle opening size of the first fuel supply nozzle; and
a relay configured to relay a communication signal between the inlet-side communication device and a nozzle-side communication device of the second fuel supply nozzle when the attachment is connected between the fuel inlet and the second fuel supply nozzle.