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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Obu-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Masaki Ikeya, Obu, JP;
Assignee:
AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Obu-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/0011 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03217 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03243 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03328 (2013.01);
Abstract
A deformation inhibiting device for inhibiting deformation of a fuel tank includes a strut member. The strut member includes a bottom support portion and a top support portion configured to support a bottom wall portion and a top wall portion, respectively, of the fuel tank when the strut member is disposed within the fuel tank. The strut member is deformable or movable between an arrangement state for arrangement within the fuel tank and an insertion enabled state configured to be inserted into the fuel tank via the opening.