Fuel tank
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShoji Uhara, Masakazu Kitamoto, Gaku Hatano, Koichi Hidano, Masaaki Horiuchi
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Abstract
A fuel tank includes a component, a reservoir unit having a fuel pump, a tank body formed with an opening through which the reservoir unit and the component are inserted, a flange operable to close the opening, and an extensible connecting unit which connects a lower face of the flange and the reservoir unit. The extensible connecting unit includes a first sliding member which is slidable with respect to the reservoir unit in a vertical direction, and a second sliding member which is slidable with respect to the first sliding member, and is attached to the lower face of the flange.
Claims10
A fuel tank comprising:
- a component;
- a reservoir unit having a fuel pump;
- a tank body formed with an opening through which the reservoir unit and the component are inserted;
- a flange operable to close the opening;
- and
- an extensible connecting unit which connects a lower face of the flange and the reservoir unit, and includes:
- a first sliding member which is slidable with respect to the reservoir unit in a vertical direction;
- and
- a second sliding member which is slidable with respect to the first sliding member, and is attached to the lower face of the flange,
- wherein the component is disposed on the lower face of the flange at a position that is offset with respect to the reservoir unit in a horizontal direction,
- a height of the tank body is shorter than a sum of respective heights of the component and the reservoir, and
- the opening has a size, through which the reservoir unit and the component can be individually inserted, and through which the reservoir unit and the component can not be simultaneously inserted.
A fuel tank comprising:
- a tank body operable to store fuel;
- and
- a pump module operable to pump the fuel,
- wherein the pump module includes a sub-tank operable to liquidize vaporized fuel generated in the tank body and to return the liquidized fuel into the tank body, and
- the sub-tank is disposed inside the tank body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.