Fuel supply pipe device of fuel tank
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorsToshio Hattori, Takeshi Kojima
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Abstract
A fuel supply pipe device for a fuel tank of a vehicle includes a fuel supply pipe connected to the fuel tank, and a filler pipe connected to the fuel supply pipe. A hose intrusion preventing member is situated inside the fuel supply pipe. The hose intrusion preventing member includes plural obstructing plates extending parallel to each other following an axial line of the fuel supply pipe, and an annular member attached to the obstructing plates. A metal pipe member is disposed inside the fuel supply pipe adjacent to the hose intrusion preventing member to locate the hose intrusion preventing member inside the fuel supply pipe.
Claims6
A fuel supply pipe device for a fuel tank of a vehicle, comprising:
- a fuel supply pipe connected to the fuel tank,
- a filler pipe connected to the fuel supply pipe,
- a hose intrusion preventing member situated inside the fuel supply pipe, and including plural obstructing plates extending only parallel to each other following an axial line of the fuel supply pipe and an annular member attached to the obstructing plates, each of said obstructing plates having a plate shape with an outer contour forming a hemispheric surface at a side of the filler pipe and connected to the annular member at a side opposite to the hemispheric surface, and
- a metal pipe member disposed inside the fuel supply pipe adjacent to the hose intrusion preventing member to locate the hose intrusion preventing member inside the fuel supply pipe.
A fuel supply pipe device for a fuel tank of a vehicle, comprising:
- a fuel supply pipe connected to the fuel tank,
- a filler pipe connected to the fuel supply pipe,
- a hose intrusion preventing member situated inside the fuel supply pipe, and including plural obstructing plates extending parallel to each other following an axial line of the fuel supply pipe and an annular member attached to the obstructing plates, each of said obstructing plates having a plate shape and connected to the annular member at one side thereof, and
- a metal pipe member disposed inside the fuel supply pipe adjacent to the hose intrusion preventing member to locate the hose intrusion preventing member inside the fuel supply pipe,
- wherein said obstructing plates have an outer contour forming a hemispheric surface, said fuel supply pipe has a step portion, on which said annular member is placed, and said metal pipe member is disposed on the annular member at a side opposite to the step portion to receive the obstructing plates therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.