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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Shuichi Aso, Toyota, JP;
Shinsuke Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03504 (2013.01); B01D 19/0063 (2013.01); B60K 15/03519 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0321 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0358 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03514 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03566 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03571 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel tank systemincludes: a communicating pipethat has plural open portionsA andB positioned higher than a full level inside a fuel tankand communicates the inside of the fuel tankwith a canister; and a valve memberthat is disposed outside the fuel tankand, on the basis of a state of inclination of fuel detected by a fuel inclination sensor, closes the communicating pipe corresponding to an open portion predicted to be positioned in the fuel and opens the communicating pipe corresponding to an open portion predicted to be positioned in a gas layer section.