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US 9,752,543 B2Granted
Fuel tank
AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki Ikeya
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Abstract
A fuel tank includes a tank main body having an opening, a pump unit mounted to a mounting position on a bottom of the tank main body through the opening and having a fuel pump and a pump retaining member retaining the fuel pump and, and a guide means configured to guide the pump unit from an opening side of the tank main body to the mounting position on a bottom side of the tank main body. The guide means includes a guide rail provided on the tank main body and a slider provided on the pump unit. The slider is configured to be slidably engaged with the guide rail.
Claims13
A fuel tank comprising:
- a tank main body having an opening;
- a pump unit configured to be mounted to a mounting position on a bottom of the tank main body through the opening and having a fuel pump and a pump retaining member retaining the fuel pump;
- and
- a guide means configured to guide the pump unit from an opening side of the tank main body to the mounting position on a bottom side of the tank main body;
- wherein the guide means includes a guide rail provided on the tank main body and a slider provided on the pump unit;
- wherein the slider is configured to be slidably engaged with the guide rail;
- and
- wherein the guide rail is configured such that an orientation of the pump unit with respect to the tank main body varies as the slider slides along the guide rail, so that (a) the opening of the tank main body and (b) the pump unit is oriented in a second direction that is different from the first direction when the pump unit is positioned at the mounting position on the bottom of the tank main body.
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