Steven M Huber

US Patent:

7665492, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Dec 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/959596

Inventors:

Justin Burstein - Palo Alto CA, US
Steven A. Huber - Houston TX, US
Katie Strausser - Houston TX, US
John P. Thornton - Califon NJ, US
Matthew T. Ware - Pasadena CA, US

Assignee:

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

International Classification:

B65B 1/04
B65B 3/00

US Classification:

141332, 141340, 220 862

Abstract:

The fuel nozzle support funnel comprises a top conical section and a bottom smaller opening neck section. The top conical section has a top rim configured to seat over the fuel inlet opening of a truck fuel tank with the top conical section extending into the fuel tank. The bottom smaller opening neck section depends into the tank from a bottom smaller opening edge of the top conical section and has an inner sleeve therein made of a frictional material non reactant with diesel fuel. The inner sleeve and surrounding smaller opening neck section are of a diameter sufficient to allow passage therethrough of a fuel nozzle of a fuel pump. The top conical section has a plurality of openings therein through which air can escape during fueling to maintain the pressure within the tank constant.

US Patent:

20080173645, Jul 24, 2008

Filed:

Jan 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

11/968451

Inventors:

Justin Burstein - Palo Alto CA, US
Steven A. Huber - Houston TX, US
Katie Strausser - Houston TX, US
John P. Thornton - Califon NJ, US
Matthew T. Ware - Pasadena CA, US

Assignee:

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

International Classification:

B65D 51/00

US Classification:

220200, 16430

Abstract:

The ergonomic handle for a fuel cap pivotably engages to a top surface of the cap and is movable between a stowage position lying against part of the top surface of the cap and engaging against and activating a locking mechanism of the cap upon pivoting into such stowage position, and an upright functional position where the handle is pivoted to a position perpendicular to the cap. The handle comprises a planar, substantially A-shaped base section having a cutout therein overlying a lock of the locking mechanism of the cap and a horizontally disposed top rounded graspable grip section including indentations on an underside thereof for fingers and extended terminal end thumb tabs to aid in applying torque to the cap.