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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahide Kobayashi, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 2/300 ; G01F 2/314 ; G01F 2/330 ; G01F 2/364 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 2/300 ; G01F 2/314 ; G01F 2/330 ; G01F 2/364 ;
Abstract
A fuel storage device includes a fuel chamber storing fuel therein, a volume of the fuel chamber changing in accordance with a change in an amount of fuel in the fuel chamber. The amount of fuel in the fuel chamber is detected based on the displacement of at least two portions of a member constituting the fuel chamber that are displaceable in accordance with the amount of fuel in the fuel chamber.