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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2018
Tatsuno Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuno Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a filling apparatus in which when a pipe joint of a filling nozzle and a vehicle side filling port (receptacle) are connected with each other, a lever surely positions outward a swelling portion at an end of a clutch and a condition that the selling portion at the end of the clutch engages an engaging recessed portion of the receptacle is maintained, which allows a condition that the pipe joint of the filling nozzle and the vehicle side filling port (receptacle) are connected with each other to be continued. The filling apparatus () including: a storage tank (); a filling nozzle () for filling hydrogen from the storage tank () via a fuel filling mechanism and a vehicle side filling port () to an in-vehicle hydrogen filling tank (); a clutch mechanism () for maintaining a condition that the filling nozzle () and the vehicle side filling port () are connected with each other; and a lever position moving mechanism () for moving the lever () radially outward an end portion of the clutch mechanism () on the vehicle side filling port () side when the filling nozzle () and the vehicle side filling port () are connected with each other.