Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Nifco Inc.

Kiyofumi Shida

Takeaki Nakajima

Shinya Murabayashi

Hiroaki Watanabe

Kengo Kobayashi

Yutaka Utsumi

Masakazu Kitamoto

Koichi Hidano

Hiroto Inoue

Masaaki Horiuchi

Shoichi Hokazono

Akira Isayama

Tadahisa Nakamura

Takeshi Honda

Masaki Wakao

Daisuke Nohara

Junji Saiga

Seiji Yagura

Tamon Kimura

Yasunobu Endo

A fuel shutoff structure that prevents a fuel outflow to an external fuel line of a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle includes a fuel shutoff valve provided in the rear section of the fuel tank and a canister that is provided so as to be located across the front section of the fuel tank from the fuel shutoff valve and that is connected to the external fuel line, in which an in-tank fuel line extending from the fuel shutoff valve and the external fuel line are connected to each other at a location that is different from the fuel shutoff valve.

Fuel shutoff structure

A wave suppression structure for a fuel tank is provided in which a wave suppression member () disposed in the interior of a tank main body of the fuel tank is formed from a basket-shaped container () and cylindrical porous members (), the basket-shaped container () being formed from two members, first and second half bodies (L,R), two of the porous members () being supported in the interior of each of the first and second half bodies (L,R), wherein the wave supporting member () is supported on a fuel suction pipe () by joining the first and second half bodies (L,R) of the basket-shaped container () so as to sandwich a fuel suction pipe () between a through hole () thereof. This enables attachment of the wave suppression member () to the fuel suction pipe () to be completed without carrying out a cumbersome operation of inserting the fuel suction pipe () through the through hole () of the basket-shaped container () or the interior of the porous member (), thereby greatly improving the ease of attachment.

Wave suppression structure for fuel tank

Provided is a fuel tank system wherein the liquid levels of fuel in two fuel storage portions can be equally maintained, and the fuel amount in each fuel tank can be estimated with a high degree of accuracy. The fuel tank system is provided with a fuel tank in which a main tank portion and a subsidiary tank portion are formed; a siphon tube which extends from the main tank portion to the subsidiary tank portion, to transfer fuel from one tank portion to the other tank portion; and an electronic control unit (ECU) for determining whether or not the fuel is transferred via the siphon tube (in the transfer state). The ECU determines that the fuel is in the transfer state when the change rate of a sender signal is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value (VF_th).

Fuel tank system

A fuel introducing member is connected to an opening end of a siphon pipe forming a fuel tank. The fuel introducing member has an opening for introducing fuel within the tank, and the opening is formed in the upper surface of a cover section. A lid body is pivotably mounted to the upper surface. When the opening is above the level of fuel, the lid body closes the opening by the weight of the lid body, and when the opening is below the level of the fuel, the lid body floats in the fuel to open the opening. The opening is located below the upper end of the inner diameter of the opening end of the siphon pipe.

Fuel tank

An improved fuel tank is disclosed. In the fuel tank, a shock-absorbing member comprising a plurality of foam members is mounted to an in-tank functional component provided inside a resin fuel tank body. When the fuel inside the tank sloshes up and down, the fuel strikes the shock-absorbing member, causing the force of the waves to be dispersed, and reducing the fuel sloshing sound created by the sloshing of the fuel.

An end structure for a pipe is provided, through which air is drawn from a lower position to an upper position relative to a vertical direction of a vehicle. An area of an opening at an end of the pipe is adapted to be greater than a cross section area of the pipe.

End structure for an air intake pipe

An on board refueling vapor recovery system includes a first fuel vapor passage for connecting a fuel tank with a canister, a second fuel vapor passage for connecting an inlet portion of a fuel filler pipe with the fuel vapor passage (a tank main body) and a check valve in the second fuel vapor passage. The check valve is integrated with a first quick connector of a resin hose (a resin tube) which constitutes the second fuel vapor passage. Therefore, the number of man hours required for assembling the on board refueling vapor recovery system can be reduced. In addition, the space required for installing any of the on board refueling vapor recovery system can also be reduced. Furthermore, the amount of released fuel evaporative emissions or fuel evaporative emissions can be reduced.

On board refueling vapor recovery system and fuel vapor passage using for the same

A dust filter unit for a canister is provided. An inlet port and an outlet port are formed in a housing and opening into the atmosphere. A communication port is formed in the housing and leading to the canister. A filter is arranged within the housing at a location between the inlet port and the output port. A first one-way valve is arranged within the housing at a location between the communication port and the outlet port, for allowing evaporative fuel to flow from the communication port to the outlet port. A second one-way valve is arranged within the housing at a location between the filter and the communication port, for allowing fresh air to flow from the filter to the communication port. Thus, the inlet port, outlet port, communication port, and first and second one-way valves are all provided in one piece within the housing.

Dust filter unit for canisters

A canister system is installed in a vehicle having a body having a substantially closed space defined therein, and a subframe mounted on the body and having a substantially closed space defined therein. An air intake passage is connected to a canister for drawing and delivering fresh air into the canister, and an air exhaust passage is connected to the canister for exhausting air resulting from removal of evaporative fuel components from an evaporative fuel-air mixture by adsorption of the evaporative fuel components by the canister into the atmosphere. An open end of the air intake passage remote from the canister is formed in the body of the vehicle, and an open end of the air exhaust passage remote from the canister is formed in the subframe.

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Saitama, Japan

Kiyofumi Shida