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US 12,496,900 B2Granted
In-vehicle fuel tank device and utility vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorYusuke Endo
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Abstract
An in-vehicle fuel tank device includes an engine; a main tank including a top portion, a side portion, and a bottom portion; and a fuel pump configured to supply fuel to the engine. The bottom portion includes a first area and a second area, at least a portion of the first area having an inclined surface, at least a portion of the second area being depressed to serve as a sub tank configured to receive and store fuel having flown along the inclined surface. The fuel pump includes a suction filter inside the sub tank.
Claims6
An in-vehicle fuel tank device, comprising:
- a tank body, integral with and forming a main tank and a sub tank, the tank body comprising a top portion, a side portion, and a bottom portion;
- and
- a fuel pump configured to supply fuel to an engine, and
- wherein:
- the bottom portion comprises a first area constituting the main tank and a second area constituting the sub tank,
- at least a portion of the first area has an inclined surface that becomes lower toward the second area,
- at least a portion of the second area is depressed to serve as the sub tank configured to receive and store fuel having flown along the inclined surface, and
- the fuel pump comprises a suction filter inside the sub tank
- the first area and the second area border on each other in a boundary area in at least a portion of which a barrier protrudes upward from the boundary area and into the tank body such that the barrier inhibits fuel from flowing from the second area to the first area,
- the boundary area comprises coplanar flat portions disposed between opposite ends of the barrier and the side portion in the boundary area, and
- the flat portions extend from the first area to the second area and allow fuel to flow from the first area to the second area.
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