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System and methods for delivering fuel and for aligning elements of a fuel delivery system

  • US 6,418,985 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2001
  • Issued: 07/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An alignment system, comprising:

  • a receiver coupled in liquid communication with a receptacle, the receiver defining X, Y and Z axes;

    a nozzle coupled in liquid communication with a fuel source, the nozzle defining X′

    , Y′ and

    Z′

    axes; and

    interactive alignment structure for guiding alignment of the Z and Z′

    axes in response to movement of the receiver along the X axis and the nozzle along the Y′

    axis, the interactive alignment structure comprising;

    an emitter carried by one of the receiver the nozzle for emitting a stimulus, and sensor apparatus carried adjacent the other one of the receiver and the nozzle for receiving the stimulus, the sensor apparatus comprising;

    a first sensor for receiving the stimulus for indicating alignment of the Y and Y′

    axes and the Z and Z′

    axes in a common two-dimensional plane in response to movement of the receiver along the X axis, and a second sensor for receiving the stimulus for indicating alignment of the Z and Z′

    axes in response to movement of the nozzle along the Y′

    axis.

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