Patents Examined by Arolai Dave W.
  • Device for connecting a fuel nozzle to a filling hose
    Patent number: 5346260
    Abstract: A male and female coupling member of a device allowing separation of a fuel nozzle from a filling hose, to prevent the entrainment of the nozzle by the vehicle from rupturing the hose or damaging the fuel pump having a detent which is wedged out of engagement by a torque applied to the male member within the female member against the force of a restoring spring because of play between the male and female coupling members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Albert Hiby GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz-Ulrich Meyer-Berg, Gerhard Jaeger, Karlheinz Ehlers