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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1982
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Yasushi Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A fuel tank construction of a motor vehicle, wherein: a tunnel upwardly projecting from the surface of a floor panel, connected at the rear end thereof to a back panel and disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed at the central portion in the widthwise direction of the floor panel and a fuel tank is disposed in the tunnel; and the construction comprises a through-hole formed in the back panel at a position corresponding to an upper portion of an internal of the tunnel, a cross member forming a closed cross-section in the widthwise direction of the vehicle cooperation with the back panel at a position downwardly of the through-hole, an inlet pipe on the tank's side connected to the fuel tank, passing through said through-hole of the back panel and reaching a position upwardly of the cross member, and further, bent outwardly in the widthwise direction of the vehicle along the upper surface of the cross member, and a hose disposed upwardly of the cross member and connecting the inlet pipe on the tank's side to an inlet pipe on the body's side.