Apparatus and method for grounding compressed fuel fueling operator

Patent · 01 January 2002

OSTI ID:874496

Cohen, Joseph Perry ^[1]; Farese, David John ^[2]; Xu, Jianguo ^[3]

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1. Bethlehem, PA
2. Riegelsville, PA
3. Wrightstown, PA

A safety system for grounding an operator at a fueling station prior to removing a fuel fill nozzle from a fuel tank upon completion of a fuel filling operation is provided which includes a fuel tank port in communication with the fuel tank for receiving and retaining the nozzle during the fuel filling operation and a grounding device adjacent to the fuel tank port which includes a grounding switch having a contact member that receives physical contact by the operator and where physical contact of the contact member activates the grounding switch. A releasable interlock is included that provides a lock position wherein the nozzle is locked into the port upon insertion of the nozzle into the port and a release position wherein the nozzle is releasable from the port upon completion of the fuel filling operation and after physical contact of the contact member is accomplished.

• Research Organization: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC08-99NV13578
• Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 6401767
• Application Number: 09/862259
• OSTI ID: 874496
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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