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US 5,853,103 AGranted
Fuel tank structure
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorShuichiro Yamazaki
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Abstract
A bracket which supports flow control valves within a fuel tank, is provided with impact absorbing portions for absorbing the impact by deformation. The impact absorbing portions include first to fourth bending portions which are disposed in parallel along an impact input direction, which each have a different rigidity and which are connected by supporting portions. Accordingly, an impact force at a time of collision is not directly applied to the valves.
Claims20
A fuel tank structure comprising:
- a tank body;
- a flow control valve;
- a bracket which includes:
- a connecting portion connected to an inside of said tank body,
- a valve mounting portion to which said flow control valve is mounted, and
- an impact absorbing portion which is disposed between said connecting portion and said valve mounting portion and is deformed by itself so as to absorb the impact when said tank body is deformed by an impact.
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A fuel tank structure for absorbing an external impact load applied to a fuel tank, comprising:
- a tank body having a wall subject to the impact load and an internal surface defining an interior volume;
- a fuel control valve housed within the interior of the tank;
- a bracket disposed within the fuel tank and having
- a valve mounting portion for mounting the valve thereon, and
- a pair of supporting portions, each being connected at one end to the internal surface of the wall and at the other end connected to the valve mounting portion wherein each supporting portion defines bendable lines at its connecting portions with the valve mounting portion and the internal surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.