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Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Shuichi Aso, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/04 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0461 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0487 (2013.01);
Abstract

A refueling portion structure of a fuel tank has: a refueling pipe that has a refueling port; an opening/closing valve that is provided on a flow path within the refueling pipe; an accommodating portion that is provided at an outer side of the refueling pipe, that accommodates at an interior thereof an adsorbing material that adsorbs vapor fuel that has formed due to the liquid fuel evaporating, that communicates with the flow path further toward the refueling port side than the opening/closing valve, and into which the liquid fuel can flow; an atmospheric air passage, by which the accommodating portion communicates with atmospheric air; and a vapor movement passage, by which the accommodating portion communicates with an engine, and that is for moving vapor that is within the accommodating portion to the engine due to negative pressure from the engine.


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