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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1988
Michiaki Sasaki, Hadano, JP;
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vent unit disposed in a vacant space of a fuel tank for venting fuel therefrom, consists of a separator having a separator chamber therewithin and a plurality of vent pipes in communication with the separator chamber. The fuel tank has a pair of opposite lateral walls and a corner at one end of one of the lateral walls. The separator has an orifice at the top wall thereof and is positioned adjacent the other of the lateral walls. One of the vent pipes extends away from the separator to terminate in a free end adjacent the aforementioned corner. The aforementioned one vent pipe slants downward as it extends away from the separator. Another vent pipe has an end outside of the fuel tank for connection with a canister or the like.