Cover member for fuel tank
AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKensuke Niwa, Koji Yoshida, Akira Iida, Shinya Higashi, Morihiro Takemura, Hiroyasu Kariya, Tatsuki Fukui, Takuhito Fujiwara, Takeaki Morizono, Takehiro Yamauchi
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Abstract
A flange main body as a cover member for a fuel tank includes a cover plate for closing an opening of the fuel tank, an accommodating tubular portion formed as part of the cover plate so as to extend through the plate in a plate thickness direction, and a rib formed at the cover plate. The accommodating tubular portion and the rib are formed to be non-contiguous.
Claims20
A cover member for a fuel tank, the cover member comprising:
- a cover plate configured to close an opening of the fuel tank, wherein the cover plate includes a top side and bottom side;
- a first tubular portion formed at the cover plate, wherein the first tubular portion extends from the bottom side of the cover plate in a plate thickness direction;
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- a grid of ribs disposed along the bottom side of the cover plate, wherein the grid is non-contiguous with the first tubular portion.
A cover member for a fuel tank, the cover member comprising:
- a disc-shaped circular cover plate configured to close an opening of the fuel tank, with a circular cross-section in a left-right front-rear directional plane, and a plate thickness direction perpendicular to the circular cross-section in an up-to-down direction;
- a first tubular portion formed at the cover plate so as to extend in the plate thickness direction;
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- a plurality of ribs formed on the cover plate and extending in the plate thickness direction, wherein the plurality of ribs interconnect to form a grid that is non-contiguous with the first tubular portion.
A cover member for a fuel tank, the cover member comprising:
- a disc-shaped circular cover plate configured to close an opening of the fuel tank, wherein the cover plate comprises a circular cross-section in a left-right front-rear directional plane and a plate thickness direction perpendicular to the cross-section in the up-to-down direction;
- a first tubular portion formed at the cover plate so as to extend in the plate thickness direction;
- an evaporation port extending from an upper end of the first tubular portion;
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- a plurality of ribs that form a grid on the cover plate, wherein the grid is non-contiguous with the first tubular portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.