Two-stage ORVR control valve

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5860458
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08769166

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An onboard vapor recovery system for a vehicle fuel system having a fuel tank, a filler neck dynamically sealed by high pressure fuel flow from a filler nozzle, and a vapor recovery apparatus such as a carbon canister. The system includes a liquid level operated control valve which shuts off refueling with a two-stage closing operation providing an initial soft shutoff and a final shutoff. The system also preferably includes a valve in the fuel tank to maintain a predetermined pressure head sufficient to hold the system closed against further refueling at least temporarily, and a positive action, one-way check valve in the lower end of the filler pipe to prevent spitback of fuel from the pressurized tank once refueling has ceased.

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G T PRODUCTS INC315 S FIRST STREET ANN ARBOR MI 48104

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Benjey, Robert P Dexter, MI 80 1430
Bergsma, Rudolph Ann Arbor, MI 31 779

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