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Fuel dispensing system and method

  • US 7,412,994 B2
  • Filed: 11/28/2006
  • Issued: 08/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for regulating flow of fuel between a fuel dispenser having a fuel nozzle and a fuel recipient having a fuel receptacle during a fueling period, said system comprising:

  • (a) an electrical connector for electrically coupling said dispenser to said recipient;

    (b) an interlock for lockably coupling said nozzle to a fuel inlet on said recipient in communication with said receptacle; and

    (c) an immobilization subsystem for preventing relative motion of said dispenser and said recipient during said fueling period,wherein at least one of said fuel recipient and said fuel dispenser comprises a mobile unit and wherein said immobilization subsystem disables power to said mobile unit during said fueling period, and wherein said mobile unit is a non-road electrical vehicle having a motor and wherein said immobilization subsystem disables power to said motor during said fueling period.

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