Fuel suction inlet member
AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakehiro Yamauchi, Koji Yoshida, Takashi Kanie
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Abstract
A sender gauge adaptor includes an adaptor body pressed against a bottom wall of a fuel tank by a spring. The adaptor body includes a suction inlet part having a hollow cylindrical shape that opens downward. Recesses allowing fluid communication between the interior and the exterior of the suction inlet part and projection parts having a polygonal-shaped lower surfaces are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction along a lower end of the suction opening. The adaptor body includes a seat part in surface contact with the bottom wall of the fuel tank at a position below the lower surfaces of the projection parts.
Claims6
A fuel suction inlet member for a fuel tank, comprising:
- a suction inlet body pressed against a bottom wall of the fuel tank by an elastic member, wherein:
- the suction inlet body has a suction inlet part having a hollow cylindrical shape that opens downward;
- the suction inlet part having a circumference and including a plurality of recesses and a plurality of projection parts at a lower end thereof, the recesses and the projection parts are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction about the lower end of the suction inlet part;
- each of the recesses is in fluid communication with an interior and an exterior of the suction inlet part;
- each of the projection parts has a polygonal-shaped lower surface;
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- the suction inlet body includes a support part having a ring shape surrounding substantially the entire circumference of the suction inlet part and wherein the support part abuts the bottom wall of the fuel tank along a surface contact at a position below the lower surfaces of the projection parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.