Devices for mounting accessory components to canisters
AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYukihiro Kaneda, Tsuneyuki Kurata, Masamitsu Hayakawa, Naohito Buseki
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Abstract
One aspect according to the present disclosure includes a first coupling device and a second coupling device. The first coupling device can mechanically couple the canister and the accessory component to each other. The second coupling device can couple the canister and the accessory component to allow flow communication with each other. The second coupling device is operable in conjunction with the operation of the first coupling device.
Claims18
A mounting device for mounting an accessory component to a canister and enabling communication between the accessory component and the canister, the canister being filled with an adsorption material for adsorbing fuel vapor generated within a fuel tank, the mounting device comprising
- a communicating pipe receiver and an outer wall provided on the canister;
- wherein the communicating pipe receiver is connectible to a communicating pipe of the accessory component;
- wherein the outer wall surrounds the communicating pipe receiver;
- wherein the communicating pipe is connected to the communicating pipe receiver as a housing of the accessory component is fitted into the outer wall of the canister in an axial direction of the communicating pipe;
- and
- an engagement mechanism provided between the outer wall of the canister and the housing of the accessory component and capable of engaging elastically engaging the outer wall of the canister and the housing of the accessory component with each other and fixing the accessory component to the canister when the housing of the accessory component is fitted into the outer wall to reach a predetermined position.
An apparatus comprising:
- a canister filled with an adsorption material for adsorbing fuel vapor generated within a fuel tank,
- an accessory component associated with the canister;
- and
- a mounting device capable of mounting the accessory component to the canister and enabling communication between the accessory component and the canister, the mounting device comprising:
- a communicating pipe receiver and an outer wall provided on the canister;
- wherein the communicating pipe receiver is connectible to a communicating pipe of the accessory component;
- wherein the outer wall surrounds the communicating pipe receiver;
- wherein the communicating pipe is connected to the communicating pipe receiver as a housing of the accessory component is fitted into the outer wall of the canister in an axial direction of the communicating pipe;
- and
- an engagement mechanism provided between the outer wall of the canister and the housing of the accessory component and capable of engaging elastically engaging the outer wall of the canister and the housing of the accessory component with each other and fixing the accessory component to the canister when the housing of the accessory component is fitted into the outer wall to reach a predetermined position.
An apparatus comprising:
- a canister capable of adsorbing fuel vapor;
- an accessory component associated with the canister:
- a first coupling device capable of mechanically coupling the canister and the accessory component to each other;
- a second coupling device capable of coupling the canister and the accessory component to allow flow communication with each other;
- wherein the second coupling device is operable in conjunction with the operation of the first coupling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.