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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Shuichi Aso, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/00 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); F02M 37/10 (2006.01); B60K 15/077 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0775 (2013.01); F02M 37/10 (2013.01); F02M 37/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel tank structure including: a fuel tank that is mounted to an automobile and that stores fuel; a bat shaped member that is fixed to a ceiling portion inside the fuel tank, and that maintains a contact state with the fuel by expanding or contracting according to a fluid surface height of file stored inside the fuel tank; a pump housing recessed portion that is formed to a bottom portion of the fuel tank with a fuel pump disposed therein; and a fuel flow path that is in communication with the pump housing messed portion and that extends from the pump housing recessed portion in a groove shape.