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US 12,157,363 B2Granted
Vehicle comprising fuel inlet
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiaki Naganuma
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Abstract
A vehicle may include: a fuel tank; a first fuel inlet connected to the fuel tank and configured to connect to a fuel supply nozzle; and a second fuel inlet connected to the fuel tank and configured to connect to the fuel supply nozzle. An inner diameter of the second fuel inlet may be smaller than an inner diameter of the first fuel inlet.
Claims1
A vehicle comprising:
- a fuel tank;
- a first fuel inlet connected to the fuel tank;
- and
- a second fuel inlet connected to the fuel tank,
- wherein the first inlet and the second inlet admit only a same type of fuel and an inner diameter of the second fuel inlet is smaller than an inner diameter of the first fuel inlet;
- and
- a three-way valve connecting the fuel tank, the first fuel inlet, and the second fuel inlet,
- wherein the three-way valve closes a channel for the second fuel inlet while fuel is supplied to the fuel tank through the first fuel inlet and closes a channel for the first fuel inlet while fuel is supplied to the fuel tank through the second fuel inlet.
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