Fuel tank structure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9494325
APP PUB NO 20140230920A1
SERIAL NO

14178758

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A fuel tank structure comprising a fuel tank; a canister that adsorbs evaporated fuel within the fuel tank, and that releases vapor after adsorption of evaporated fuel; a full tank regulating valve within the fuel tank that becomes a closed state due to a float floating in fuel when a fuel liquid surface reaches a full tank liquid level that is set in advance; a communication pipe that communicates the fuel tank and the canister via the full tank regulating valve, a cross-sectional area varying valve that, when tank internal pressure that is applied from inside of the fuel tank increases, reduces a cross-sectional area of a flow path of vapor that flows toward the float; and a suppressing member that is positioned between the cross-sectional area varying valve and the float, and that suppresses airflow from the cross-sectional area varying valve from directly abutting the float.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571
KYOSAN DENKI CO LTD11-3 OKAZATO KOGA-CITY IBARAKI-PREF 306-0206

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akimoto, Yasuo Koga, JP 4 21
Mutou, Nobuharu Kitakatsushika-gun, JP 1 9
Shimokawa, Shinji Seto, JP 31 132

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