Fuel tank having a sub-tank provided on the inside of the fuel tank body
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinsuke Amano, Nobuhiro Funahashi
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Abstract
A fuel tank includes: a tank body including a bottom wall, a lateral wall and an upper wall, the tank body storing fuel in an interior surrounded by the bottom wall, the lateral wall and the upper wall; and a sub-tank storing a part of the fuel, the sub-tank including a wall portion, an opening portion and a post portion, the wall portion standing on the bottom wall and extending toward the upper wall. The opening portion is provided in the wall portion and is a portion in which the fuel flows. The post portion is provided integrally with the wall portion. The post portion is extended along a height direction of the wall portion from the bottom wall and is joined to the bottom wall and the upper wall.
Claims6
A fuel tank comprising:
- a tank body including a bottom wall, a lateral wall and an upper wall, the tank body storing fuel in an interior surrounded by the bottom wall, the lateral wall and the upper wall;
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- a sub-tank storing a part of the fuel, the sub-tank including a wall portion, an opening portion and a post portion,
- the wall portion standing on the bottom wall and extending toward the upper wall,
- the opening portion being provided in the wall portion and being a portion in which the fuel flows,
- the post portion being provided integrally with the wall portion, being extended along a height direction of the wall portion from the bottom wall and being joined to the bottom wall and the upper wall,
- the post portion includes a fragile portion where an area of a section orthogonal to an extending direction of the post portion is smaller than a section area of parts of the post portion other than the fragile portion, and
- when a direction from the bottom wall toward the upper wall is an upward direction and a direction from the upper wall toward the bottom wall is a downward direction, the post portion includes a first rib at a portion below the fragile portion and a second rib at a portion above the fragile portion, the first rib extending in an up-down direction, the second rib extending in the up-down direction.
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