Abstract: An in-line fuel fill valve assembly which provides for rapid and efficient refueling of compressed natural gas powered vehicles is provided and includes a receptacle adapted to mate with a fuel supply nozzle and a valve body having an in-line gas flow passage therethrough. The gas flow passage has first and second ends, with the first end communicating with the receptacle, and the second end terminating at an outlet which is adapted to communicate with a fuel storage vessel. A check valve is positioned in the gas flow passage of the valve body and is normally biased into a closed position to prevent the flow of gas through the first gas flow passage, but which opens in response to a flow of fuel under pressure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination rear draft stop and bolster spacer plate apparatus which includes a rear wall portion, a pair of side wall portions connected along a rear edge thereof to a respective outer edge of the rear wall portion. There is top wall portion formed adjacent the upper edge of each of the rear wall portion and the pair of side wall portions. A first cavity is formed through the top wall portion. A bottom wall portion is formed adjacent a bottom edge of each rear wall portion and the pair of side wall portions. A second cavity is formed through this bottom wall portion. The final essential element is a pair of front wall portions which have an outer surface thereof engageable by a draft gear to limit rearward movement of such draft gear when a buff load is exerted thereon.