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US 7,237,644 B2Granted
Vehicle canister arranging structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideki Matsumoto, Hiroto Inoue, Naomasa Kaneko, Junichi Orihara
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Abstract
A vehicle having a passenger compartment, an engine arranged at a front end thereof, and a fuel tank arranged under a rear seat and the passenger compartment comprising a canister and an exhaust pipe receiving exhaust gas from the engine and outputting the exhaust gas, wherein the canister and the exhaust pipe are positioned in respective recessed accommodating portions, one of the respective recessed accommodating portions is located between the fuel tank and the engine, and below the passenger compartment.
Claims10
A vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment having a floor;
- a rear seat disposed in the passenger compartment;
- a driver's seat and a front passenger's seat respectively disposed in the passenger compartment in front of the rear seat, each of the driver's seat and the front passenger's seat comprising a seat support bracket attached to the floor of the passenger compartment at respective left and right support bracket attachment portions of said floor, said support bracket attachment portions defining a first level;
- wherein a portion of said floor extends upwardly from said first level to define at least one recessed accommodating portion formed below the floor of the passenger compartment;
- an engine arranged forward of the passenger compartment at a front end of the vehicle;
- a fuel tank arranged under the rear seat and the passenger compartment;
- a canister for storing and releasing evaporative fuel emissions;
- and
- an exhaust pipe for receiving exhaust gas from the engine and outputting the exhaust gas during operation of the vehicle;
- wherein the canister and the exhaust pipe are positioned in said at least one recessed accommodating portion,
- and wherein said at least one recessed accommodating portion is located between the fuel tank and the engine.
8 more elements
A vehicle, comprising:
- a passenger compartment having a floor;
- a rear seat disposed in the passenger compartment;
- a driver's seat and a front passenger seat disposed in the passenger compartment;
- an engine arranged forward of the passenger compartment at a front end of the vehicle;
- a fuel tank arranged under the rear seat and the passenger compartment;
- a canister for storing and releasing evaporative fuel emissions;
- and
- an exhaust pipe for receiving exhaust gas from the engine and outputting the exhaust gas during operation of the vehicle;
- wherein the floor includes an intermediate portion disposed between the driver's seat and the front passenger seat and defining a first level,
- wherein the canister and the exhaust pipe are positioned in respective recessed accommodating portions formed below the floor of the passenger compartment,
- wherein the recessed accommodating portions are defined by portions of the floor extending upwardly from said first level,
- and wherein one of the respective recessed accommodating portions is located between the fuel tank and the engine.
9 more elements
A vehicle, comprising:
- a passenger compartment having a floor;
- a rear seat disposed in the passenger compartment;
- a driver's seat and a front passenger seat disposed in the passenger compartment;
- an engine arranged forward of the passenger compartment at a front end of the vehicle;
- a fuel tank arranged under the rear seat and the passenger compartment;
- a canister for storing and releasing evaporative fuel emissions;
- and
- an exhaust pipe for receiving exhaust gas from the engine and outputting the exhaust gas during operation of the vehicle;
- wherein the floor includes an intermediate portion disposed between the driver's seat and the front passenger seat and defining a first level,
- wherein the canister and the exhaust pipe are positioned in at least one recessed accommodating portion formed below the floor of the passenger compartment,
- wherein the at least one recessed accommodating portion is defined by at least one portion of the floor extending upwardly from said first level,
- wherein said at least one recessed accommodating portion is located between the fuel tank and the engine,
- and wherein the exhaust pipe includes an expansion chamber which is arranged proximate the canister, so that during operation of the vehicle, some of the heat from the exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe is transferred to the canister.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.