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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1995
Masaaki Horiuchi, Wako, JP;
Takeaki Nakajima, Wako, JP;
Koichi Hidano, Wako, JP;
Kazumi Yamazaki, Wako, JP;
Teruo Wakashiro, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel tank for an automotive vehicle has a tank body for storing fuel. A filler pipe is connected to the tank body. A fuel outlet port device is located within the tank body and connected to an end of the filler pipe. The fuel outlet port device has an outwardly facing fuel outlet opening from which fuel supplied through the filler pipe flows out into the body, and a fuel trap for storing part of the fuel supplied through the filler pipe to thereby prevent evaporative fuel generated within the tank body from flowing into the filler pipe. An evaporative emission control system is also provided, which incorporates the fuel tank.