Closure fasteners – Clamps – Ring
Patent
1991-03-11
1992-04-07
Moore, Richard E.
Closure fasteners
Clamps
Ring
220298, B65D 4106
Patent
active
051021722
ABSTRACT:
A locking member for use in a fuel tank assembly of the type having a pressurizable tank with an aperture and having a plurality of retaining lugs transversely extending along the periphery of the tank aperture. A fuel sender assembly having a first portion disposed within the aperture and a second portion having a plate-like shoulder in mating contact with an external tank surface. A seal element is disposed between the tank and the fuel sender assembly in an annular groove provided in the external tank surface intermediate the aperture and the retaining lugs. The locking member comprising a locking ring having an aperture through which a portion of the fuel sender assembly extends, the locking ring having a generally planar lower surface in mating contact with an upper surface of the plate-like shoulder of the fuel sender assembly and having a plurality of lug supports corresponding to the plurality of retaining lugs. The lug supports having locking nubs for lockingly engaging the retaining lugs and a flange section surrounding the retaining lugs for inhibiting permanent deformation thereof due to greater fluid pressure within the tank.
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Osborne James R.
Seizert Robert D.
Moore Richard E.
Solvay Automotive, Inc.
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