Overfill prevention valve
AssigneePiolax, Inc.
InventorsShinichi Matsuo, Nobuhiro Hirata, Shinji Shimokawa
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AssigneePiolax, Inc.
InventorsShinichi Matsuo, Nobuhiro Hirata, Shinji Shimokawa
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An overfill prevention valve includes: a valve housing having a first valve seat communicating with a fuel tank, and a second valve seat communicating with a canister; a parent valve disposed slidably within the valve housing, and having a base end opening communicating with a first opening, a front end opening communicating with a second opening and a third valve seat provided in the base end opening; a first urging unit which urges the parent valve toward the first valve seat; a child valve disposed slidably within the parent valve; a second urging unit which urges the child valve toward the third valve seat; and an air passage forming unit which forms an air passage between the parent valve and the first valve seat when the patent valve abuts on the first valve seat.
An overfill prevention valve disposed in an evaporant line of a fuel tank device, the fuel tank device having a full-tank regulation valve which closes an outlet of fuel vapor when a fuel level reaches a predetermined height at refueling time, and the evaporant line through which an inside of the fuel tank communicates with an outside canister, the overfill prevention valve including:
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