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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Hirano, Wako, JP;
Kota Murasawa, Wako, JP;
Ryuji Masuda, Wako, JP;
Motoaki Takashima, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel tank includes metal-made upper and lower tank half bodies respectively having, on respective outer peripheries thereof, an upper joint flange and a lower joint flange joined thereto. The lower tank half body includes: a lower tank main body portion that is elongated in a direction parallel to a reference plane including joint surfaces of lower and upper planar flange portions as parts of the lower and upper joint flanges, respectively, includes, along a longitudinal direction thereof, a narrow portion narrower on one side than the other side, and bulges toward a lower side from the reference plane; and a pair of expansion tank portions that are disposed on opposite sides of the narrow portion as seen in a plan view from a direction orthogonal to the reference plane, formed to be shallower than the lower tank main body portion, and bulge downward from the reference plane.