Canister
AssigneeFutaba Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorKoji Iwamoto
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Abstract
Provided is a canister including at least one chamber and a resin member. The resin member is arranged in an object chamber, which is any of the at least one chamber. An adsorbent arranged in the object chamber is formed as a plurality of granular bodies. The resin member is an integrally formed member of resin, and includes a coupling member and at least one rod-shaped unit. The at least one rod-shaped unit includes a plurality of rod-shaped portions extending from the coupling member in a direction substantially parallel to a direction intersecting a gas flow direction in the object chamber at an angle of 45° or more and 90° or less.
Claims15
A canister configured to be mounted in a vehicle with an engine, the canister comprising:
- at least one chamber in which an adsorbent to adsorb fuel vapor is arranged;
- an inflow port configured to allow the fuel vapor to flow into the at least one chamber from a fuel tank of the vehicle;
- an atmosphere port configured to allow atmospheric air to flow into the at least one chamber from outside of the vehicle;
- an outflow port configured to allow the fuel vapor adsorbed on the adsorbent to flow out toward the engine by means of the atmospheric air flowing in from the atmosphere port;
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- a resin member arranged in an object chamber, the object chamber being any of the at least one chamber,
- the adsorbent arranged in the object chamber being formed as a plurality of granular bodies,
- the resin member being an integrally formed member of resin, the resin member comprising a coupling member and at least one rod-shaped unit,
- the at least one rod-shaped unit comprising a plurality of rod-shaped portions extending from the coupling member in an extending direction substantially parallel to a direction intersecting a gas flow direction in the object chamber at an angle in a range of from 45° to 90°;
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- at least a part of the plurality of rod-shaped portions having, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, at least one recess formed therein.
A canister configured to be mounted in a vehicle with an engine, the canister comprising:
- at least one chamber in which an adsorbent to adsorb fuel vapor is arranged;
- an inflow port configured to allow the fuel vapor to flow into the at least one chamber from a fuel tank of the vehicle;
- an atmosphere port configured to allow atmospheric air to flow into the at least one chamber from outside of the vehicle;
- an outflow port configured to allow the fuel vapor adsorbed on the adsorbent to flow out toward the engine by means of the atmospheric air flowing in from the atmosphere port;
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- a resin member arranged in an object chamber, the object chamber being any of the at least one chamber,
- the adsorbent arranged in the object chamber being formed as a plurality of granular bodies,
- the resin member being an integrally formed member of resin, the resin member comprising a coupling member and at least one rod-shaped unit,
- the at least one rod-shaped unit comprising a plurality of rod-shaped portions extending from the coupling member in an extending direction substantially parallel to a direction intersecting a gas flow direction in the object chamber at an angle in a range of from 45° to 90°,
- the resin member comprising, as the at least one rod-shaped unit, a first rod-shaped unit and a second rod-shaped unit,
- the coupling member comprising a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being positioned on a side opposite to the first portion,
- the plurality of rod-shaped portions in the first rod-shaped unit extending, from the first portion, substantially parallel to a direction determined according to the first rod-shaped unit, and
- the plurality of rod-shaped portions in the second rod-shaped unit extending, from the second portion, substantially parallel to a direction determined according to the second rod-shaped unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.