Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Akihito Hirunagi

Yoshinari Hiramatsu

Shinji Shimokawa

Atsushi Sekihara

Motoyasu Kito

A movement permitting section is provided at a nozzle guideat an interior of an inlet pipe. When a stopperreceives pushing force toward a fuel tank side from a refueling nozzle, the movement permitting section deforms so as to permit movement of the stoppertoward a radial direction outer side of the nozzle guideor toward a fuel tank side.

Refueling portion structure

A filler pipe is attached to a retainer that holds a fuel nozzle holder. The retainer includes: a first attaching portion attached to an inlet portion of the filler pipe; a holding portion having an engaging hole; and an opening positioned at a first end of the retainer, which is closer to a longitudinal center of the filler pipe than a second end is. The fuel nozzle holder includes: a second attaching portion and including an engaging piece that engages the engaging hole; and a main body extending from the second attaching portion toward the longitudinal center of the filler pipe. The engaging piece is surrounded at three sides by a groove having a U-shape. The engaging piece is connected to the second attaching portion on the main body-side. The holding portion extends toward the longitudinal center of the filler pipe to cover the groove.

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Akihito Hirunagi