Nissan Motor Company Limited

Joji Masuda

Michiaki Sasaki

Makoto Moriya

Koichi Takahashi

A filter arrangement disposed in a fuel tank of an automotive vehicle has a flat upper section made of mesh. A lower section made of mesh is joined to the upper section to define a space between the upper and lower sections. The space is filled with fuel filtered by the upper and lower sections and communicates with a fuel pump. The upper and lower sections are different in shape and therefore deform differently under suction due to operation of the fuel pump. This prevents the filter arrangement from collapsing under suction, thereby effectively ensuring a fuel flow passage leading to the fuel pump.

Filter arrangement for a fuel tank comprising shaped mesh sections

A filter arrangement disposed within a fuel tank and adapted to prevent vapor lock. The filter arrangement is comprised of a fuel sucking section which is communicated through a connecting pipe section with a fuel pump. The fuel sucking section is provided with a netting member through which fuel in the fuel tank is sucked into a chamber defined inside the fuel sucking section, upon operation of the fuel pump. The fuel sucking section is formed with a through-hole through which fuel vapor staying inside the fuel sucking section is releasable out of the fuel sucking section. Additionally, a valve mechanism is provided to normally close the through-hole but open the through-hole in presence of fuel vapor inside the fuel sucking section, thereby effectively preventing fuel vapor from sucking into the fuel pump.

Filter arrangement for fuel tank

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Steering wheel for automotive vehicle comprising an inflatable core and

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Ebina, Japan

Joji Masuda