US20070215240A1 - Lockable barricade for capless fuel tank filler neck - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to fuel tank filler necks, and in particular, to closures for capless fuel tank filler necks. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to locks for fuel tank filler neck closure systems.
- a lockable filler neck barricade comprises a lock mount including a base coupled to a fuel tank filler neck and a lock support unit anchored to the base and arranged to lie alongside the fuel tank filler neck and an access blocker mounted for movement on the lock support unit between a lockout position arranged to overlie an opening into a pump nozzle-receiving passageway formed in the fuel tank filler neck to prevent access to the pump nozzle-receiving passageway through the opening and a refueling position arranged to lie away from the pump nozzle-receiving passageway opening to allow insertion of a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle into the passageway through the opening during fuel tank refueling activity.
- the lockable filter neck barricade further comprises a lock coupled to the lock support unit and configured to retain the access blocker in the lockout position to block unauthorized access to the pump nozzle-receiving passageway formed in the fuel tank filler neck.
- the lock comprises a key-actuated lock mechanism coupled to the access blocker and to the lock support unit of the lock mount.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a lockable filler neck barricade according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an access blocker included in the lockable filler neck barricade of FIG. 1 after the access blocker has been moved to assume a lockout position blocking access to a pump nozzle-receiving passage formed in an underlying fill pipe closure unit adapted to be mounted in an outer end of a fill pipe; and
- FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 showing exposure of a movable appearance door provided in the fill pipe closure unit upon movement of the access blocker away from the fill pipe closure unit to assume a refueling position to allow a user to insert a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle into a nozzle-receiving passageway formed in the fill pipe closure unit by moving the pump nozzle against the appearance door and into a passageway opening normally closed by the appearance door.
- a lockable barricade 10 is coupled to a filler neck 12 as shown, for example, in FIG. 1 and includes an access blocker 14 that can be locked in place in a lockout position as shown, for example, in FIG. 2 and, when unlocked, moved to a refueling position as shown, for example, in FIG. 3 .
- access blocker 14 In the lockout position, access blocker 14 is arranged to overlie an opening 16 into a nozzle-receiving passageway 18 formed in filler neck 12 to block movement of a pump nozzle (not shown) or other tube (not shown) into nozzle-receiving passageway 18 through opening 16 .
- filler neck 12 includes a fill pipe 20 coupled to a fuel tank 22 and a fill pipe closure unit 24 coupled to an outer end 26 of fill pipe 20 as suggested, for example, in FIG. 1 .
- fill pipe closure unit 24 is formed to include opening 16 and an outer portion of nozzle-receiving passageway 18 and fill pipe 20 is formed to include an inner portion of nozzle-receiving passageway 18 .
- Fill pipe closure unit 24 includes a housing 28 formed to include opening 16 and an appearance door 30 mounted for movement relative to housing 28 between a closed position (shown in FIGS. 1-3 ) closing opening 16 and an opened position (not shown) exposing opening 16 .
- Fill pipe closure unit 24 also includes a ring-shaped exterior seal member 27 coupled to an exterior portion of housing 28 and sized and arranged to mate with an interior wall 31 of filler neck 12 to establish a liquid and vapor seal therebetween.
- Lockable barricade 10 further includes a lock mount 32 coupled to fill pipe 20 and to access blocker 14 .
- Lock mount 32 further includes a base provided by pipe flange 34 anchored in a fixed position on fill pipe 20 and a lock support unit 36 coupled to pipe flange 34 by a connector or fastener 38 and arranged to extend upwardly in direction 40 to mate with access blocker 14 .
- Pipe flange 34 is configured and arranged to retain lock support unit 36 in a stationary position alongside fill pipe closure unit 24 and outer end of filler neck 12 as suggested in FIG. 1 and to locate access blocker 14 for movement above and relative to a top surface 29 included in fill pipe closure unit 24 and formed to include opening 16 as suggested in FIGS. 2 and 3 .
- Fill pipe 20 is formed to include a wide-diameter outer portion 33 and a relatively narrower narrow-diameter inner portion 35 as shown, for example, in FIG. 1 .
- Wide-diameter outer portion 33 is formed to include an interior chamber 37 receiving at least a portion of fill pipe closure unit 24 therein as suggested in FIG. 1 .
- An interior wall 31 of wide-diameter outer portion 33 is arranged to mate with exterior seal member 27 of fill pipe closure unit 24 as suggested in FIG. 1 .
- a mount portion 39 of base (e.g., pipe flange) 34 is coupled to inner portion 35 of fill pipe 20 as suggested in FIG. 1 to anchor base 34 in a stationary, fixed position on fill pipe 20 .
- Access blocker 14 is mounted for movement on lock support unit 36 between the lockout position shown in FIG. 2 and the refueling position shown in FIG. 3 .
- Access blocker 14 is a flat strip in an illustrative embodiment.
- access blocker 14 is arranged to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to “flat-plate” portions 34 a and 34 b of base 34 as suggested in FIG. 1 .
- Access blocker 14 includes a first end 51 associated with lock support unit 36 and arranged to lie in closely confronting relation to a top surface 49 of lock support unit as suggested in FIG. 1 .
- First end 51 of access blocker 14 is formed to include a lock-receiver aperture 50 as suggested in FIGS. 2 and 3 .
- Access blocker 14 also includes an opposite second end 52 that is configured to lie above opening 16 in nozzle-receiving passageway 18 upon movement of access blocker 14 to the lockout position as suggested in FIGS. 1 and 2 and to lie away from opening 16 upon movement of access blocker 14 to the refueling position shown in FIG. 3 .
- a portion (e.g., second end 52 ) of access blocker 14 is arranged to overlie and cover at least a portion of appearance door 30 upon movement of appearance door 30 to assume the closed position and movement of access blocker 14 to assume the lockout position as suggested in FIG. 2 .
- Lockable barricade 10 further includes a lock 42 coupled to lock support unit 36 and configured to interact with lock support unit 36 and access blocker 14 to retain access blocker 14 securely in the lockout position.
- This locking function of lock 42 blocks unauthorized access by a trespasser to pump nozzle-receiving passageway 18 formed in filler neck 12 and thus to fuel tank 22 via filler neck 12 .
- a trespasser or vandal is unable to insert a fuel-siphoning tube (not shown) into fuel tank 22 or otherwise gain access to fuel tank 22 through opening 16 and through passageway 18 .
- lock 42 is a key-actuated cylinder lock and is mounted in a chamber 60 formed in lock support unit 36 in rotative bearing engagement with an interior side wall 62 defining a boundary of chamber 60 .
- a key (not shown) is inserted into a keyway 44 provided in lock 42 and the key is turned to release access barrier 14 so that lock 42 can be rotated in chamber 60 about an axis of rotation 43 (shown in FIG. 1 ) from the lockout position shown in FIG. 2 to the refueling position shown in FIG. 3 .
- a pump nozzle (not shown) can then be moved downwardly to contact appearance door 30 and move door 30 inwardly to an opened position (not shown) so that the pump nozzle can be inserted into passageway 18 provided in filler neck 12 .
- Lock 42 is mounted in lock support unit 36 and arranged to extend upwardly in direction 40 into and through lock-receiver aperture 50 formed in first end 51 of access blocker 14 as suggested in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- This mounting arrangement exposes keyway 44 formed in lock 42 when access blocker 14 is located in both of the lockout and refueling positions.
- Lock 42 when unlocked, is able to rotate in chamber 60 formed in lock support unit 36 about axis of rotation 43 relative to lock support unit 36 .
- Access blocker 14 is coupled to lock 42 using any suitable means to rotate therewith about axis of rotation 43 so that rotation of lock 42 about axis of rotation 43 causes access blocker 14 to move in direction 45 between the lockout positions shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the refueling position shown in FIG. 3 .
- Lock barricade 10 is adapted to fit inside a body pocket formed in a vehicle (not shown).
- Pipe flange 34 is configured to support lock barricade 10 on fill pipe 20 and can be adapted to fit lock barricade into many vehicle and body pockets. Vehicle interiors and body layouts are unaffected by lock barricade 10 in that lock barricade 10 does not use or include cable pulls or external body door locks.
- Lock barricade 10 is a unit separate from filler neck 12 and is well-suited to mate with a wide variety of filler necks or other suitable stationary platforms (not shown) provided in a vehicle.
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- This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/743,389, filed Mar. 1, 2006, which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
- The present disclosure relates to fuel tank filler necks, and in particular, to closures for capless fuel tank filler necks. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to locks for fuel tank filler neck closure systems.
- A lockable filler neck barricade comprises a lock mount including a base coupled to a fuel tank filler neck and a lock support unit anchored to the base and arranged to lie alongside the fuel tank filler neck and an access blocker mounted for movement on the lock support unit between a lockout position arranged to overlie an opening into a pump nozzle-receiving passageway formed in the fuel tank filler neck to prevent access to the pump nozzle-receiving passageway through the opening and a refueling position arranged to lie away from the pump nozzle-receiving passageway opening to allow insertion of a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle into the passageway through the opening during fuel tank refueling activity. The lockable filter neck barricade further comprises a lock coupled to the lock support unit and configured to retain the access blocker in the lockout position to block unauthorized access to the pump nozzle-receiving passageway formed in the fuel tank filler neck. In an illustrative embodiment, the lock comprises a key-actuated lock mechanism coupled to the access blocker and to the lock support unit of the lock mount.
- Additional features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments exemplifying the best mode of carrying out the disclosure as presently perceived.
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FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a lockable filler neck barricade according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an access blocker included in the lockable filler neck barricade ofFIG. 1 after the access blocker has been moved to assume a lockout position blocking access to a pump nozzle-receiving passage formed in an underlying fill pipe closure unit adapted to be mounted in an outer end of a fill pipe; and -
FIG. 3 is a view similar toFIG. 2 showing exposure of a movable appearance door provided in the fill pipe closure unit upon movement of the access blocker away from the fill pipe closure unit to assume a refueling position to allow a user to insert a fuel-dispensing pump nozzle into a nozzle-receiving passageway formed in the fill pipe closure unit by moving the pump nozzle against the appearance door and into a passageway opening normally closed by the appearance door. - A
lockable barricade 10 is coupled to afiller neck 12 as shown, for example, inFIG. 1 and includes anaccess blocker 14 that can be locked in place in a lockout position as shown, for example, inFIG. 2 and, when unlocked, moved to a refueling position as shown, for example, inFIG. 3 . In the lockout position,access blocker 14 is arranged to overlie anopening 16 into a nozzle-receivingpassageway 18 formed infiller neck 12 to block movement of a pump nozzle (not shown) or other tube (not shown) into nozzle-receivingpassageway 18 through opening 16. - In an illustrative embodiment,
filler neck 12 includes afill pipe 20 coupled to afuel tank 22 and a fillpipe closure unit 24 coupled to anouter end 26 offill pipe 20 as suggested, for example, inFIG. 1 . In an illustrative embodiment, fillpipe closure unit 24 is formed to include opening 16 and an outer portion of nozzle-receivingpassageway 18 andfill pipe 20 is formed to include an inner portion of nozzle-receivingpassageway 18. Fillpipe closure unit 24 includes ahousing 28 formed to include opening 16 and anappearance door 30 mounted for movement relative tohousing 28 between a closed position (shown inFIGS. 1-3 )closing opening 16 and an opened position (not shown) exposingopening 16. Fillpipe closure unit 24 also includes a ring-shapedexterior seal member 27 coupled to an exterior portion ofhousing 28 and sized and arranged to mate with aninterior wall 31 offiller neck 12 to establish a liquid and vapor seal therebetween. -
Lockable barricade 10 further includes alock mount 32 coupled to fillpipe 20 and to accessblocker 14.Lock mount 32 further includes a base provided bypipe flange 34 anchored in a fixed position onfill pipe 20 and alock support unit 36 coupled topipe flange 34 by a connector orfastener 38 and arranged to extend upwardly indirection 40 to mate withaccess blocker 14.Pipe flange 34 is configured and arranged to retainlock support unit 36 in a stationary position alongside fillpipe closure unit 24 and outer end offiller neck 12 as suggested inFIG. 1 and to locateaccess blocker 14 for movement above and relative to atop surface 29 included in fillpipe closure unit 24 and formed to include opening 16 as suggested inFIGS. 2 and 3 . -
Fill pipe 20 is formed to include a wide-diameterouter portion 33 and a relatively narrower narrow-diameterinner portion 35 as shown, for example, inFIG. 1 . Wide-diameterouter portion 33 is formed to include aninterior chamber 37 receiving at least a portion of fillpipe closure unit 24 therein as suggested inFIG. 1 . Aninterior wall 31 of wide-diameterouter portion 33 is arranged to mate withexterior seal member 27 of fillpipe closure unit 24 as suggested inFIG. 1 . Amount portion 39 of base (e.g., pipe flange) 34 is coupled toinner portion 35 offill pipe 20 as suggested inFIG. 1 toanchor base 34 in a stationary, fixed position onfill pipe 20. -
Access blocker 14 is mounted for movement onlock support unit 36 between the lockout position shown inFIG. 2 and the refueling position shown inFIG. 3 .Access blocker 14 is a flat strip in an illustrative embodiment. In an illustrative embodiment,access blocker 14 is arranged to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to “flat-plate”portions 34 a and 34 b ofbase 34 as suggested inFIG. 1 . -
Access blocker 14 includes afirst end 51 associated withlock support unit 36 and arranged to lie in closely confronting relation to atop surface 49 of lock support unit as suggested inFIG. 1 .First end 51 ofaccess blocker 14 is formed to include a lock-receiver aperture 50 as suggested inFIGS. 2 and 3 .Access blocker 14 also includes an oppositesecond end 52 that is configured to lie above opening 16 in nozzle-receivingpassageway 18 upon movement ofaccess blocker 14 to the lockout position as suggested inFIGS. 1 and 2 and to lie away from opening 16 upon movement ofaccess blocker 14 to the refueling position shown inFIG. 3 . A portion (e.g., second end 52) ofaccess blocker 14 is arranged to overlie and cover at least a portion ofappearance door 30 upon movement ofappearance door 30 to assume the closed position and movement ofaccess blocker 14 to assume the lockout position as suggested inFIG. 2 . -
Lockable barricade 10 further includes alock 42 coupled to locksupport unit 36 and configured to interact withlock support unit 36 andaccess blocker 14 to retainaccess blocker 14 securely in the lockout position. This locking function oflock 42 blocks unauthorized access by a trespasser to pump nozzle-receivingpassageway 18 formed infiller neck 12 and thus tofuel tank 22 viafiller neck 12. Whenaccess blocker 14 is locked and retained in the lockout position, a trespasser or vandal is unable to insert a fuel-siphoning tube (not shown) intofuel tank 22 or otherwise gain access tofuel tank 22 through opening 16 and throughpassageway 18. - In an illustrative embodiment,
lock 42 is a key-actuated cylinder lock and is mounted in achamber 60 formed inlock support unit 36 in rotative bearing engagement with aninterior side wall 62 defining a boundary ofchamber 60. A key (not shown) is inserted into akeyway 44 provided inlock 42 and the key is turned torelease access barrier 14 so thatlock 42 can be rotated inchamber 60 about an axis of rotation 43 (shown inFIG. 1 ) from the lockout position shown inFIG. 2 to the refueling position shown inFIG. 3 . A pump nozzle (not shown) can then be moved downwardly to contactappearance door 30 and movedoor 30 inwardly to an opened position (not shown) so that the pump nozzle can be inserted intopassageway 18 provided infiller neck 12. -
Lock 42 is mounted inlock support unit 36 and arranged to extend upwardly indirection 40 into and through lock-receiver aperture 50 formed infirst end 51 ofaccess blocker 14 as suggested inFIGS. 1 and 2 . This mounting arrangement exposeskeyway 44 formed inlock 42 whenaccess blocker 14 is located in both of the lockout and refueling positions. Lock 42, when unlocked, is able to rotate inchamber 60 formed inlock support unit 36 about axis ofrotation 43 relative to locksupport unit 36.Access blocker 14 is coupled to lock 42 using any suitable means to rotate therewith about axis ofrotation 43 so that rotation oflock 42 about axis ofrotation 43 causesaccess blocker 14 to move indirection 45 between the lockout positions shown inFIGS. 1 and 2 and the refueling position shown inFIG. 3 . -
Lock barricade 10 is adapted to fit inside a body pocket formed in a vehicle (not shown).Pipe flange 34 is configured to supportlock barricade 10 onfill pipe 20 and can be adapted to fit lock barricade into many vehicle and body pockets. Vehicle interiors and body layouts are unaffected bylock barricade 10 in thatlock barricade 10 does not use or include cable pulls or external body door locks.Lock barricade 10 is a unit separate fromfiller neck 12 and is well-suited to mate with a wide variety of filler necks or other suitable stationary platforms (not shown) provided in a vehicle.
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