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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shinji Shimokawa, Seto, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A fuel tank system including a fuel tank internally storing fuel, a canister in which vaporized fuel generated in the fuel tank is adsorbed and desorbed by an adsorbent, and open to the atmosphere by an atmosphere communication pipe, a purging pipe placing an engine in communication with the canister, a vent pipe placing the fuel tank in communication with the canister, a negative pressure pump provided at the atmosphere communication pipe, causing negative pressure to act on the fuel tank from the canister, and a negative pressure open/close valve provided at the vent pipe, maintaining an open state at a pressure difference between a negative pump pressure acting from the negative pressure pump and a tank internal pressure acting from the fuel tank, and closing at a pressure difference between a negative purging pressure acting from the engine and the tank internal pressure.