Nissan Motor Company Limited

Tsuchiya Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Kinya Omura

Michiaki Sasaki

Eriya Arita

Katsuji Furuya

Norio Sasaki

Mitsuo Morizumi

Sakae Yasuda

Masaya Kodera

A fuel tank comprises a container having a chamber adapted to receive a body of liquid fuel and wall means defining said chamber, and a structure with a number of voids, said structure being so constructed and arranged within said chamber as to provide an arrangement wherein when said structure is exposed to the body of liquid fuel, said number of voids work to dissipate energy of waves created on the surface portion of the body of liquid fuel.

Fuel tank with noise suppressing arrangement

A vent control valve for controlling fuel vapor flow from a fuel tank to a vapor storage canister during fuel supply to the fuel tank. The vent control valve is fixedly attached to a fuel filler tube and formed therein with first and second chambers. The first and second chambers are located side by side on an immaginary plane along the fuel filler tube. The first and second chambers are communicated respectively with the fuel tank and the vapor storage canister. A valve mechanism is provided between the first and second chambers and adapted to cause the first and second chambers to communicate with each other so as to allow fuel vapor in the fuel tank to flow into the vapor storage canister, when opened. The valve mechanism is opened when a fuel supply gun is inserted into the fuel filler tube to supply fuel into the fuel tank.

Vent control valve attached to fuel filler tube

Growing community of inventors

Zama, Japan

Kinya Omura