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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Shinya Murabayashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kengo Kobayashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Murabayashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kengo Kobayashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel introduction member is connected to an open end of a siphon tube which constitutes a part of a fuel tank. The fuel introduction member is provided with an opening through which a fuel is introduced from the tank into the siphon tube and from the siphon into the tank, a lid portion which is swung by the hydraulic pressure from the siphon tube so as to open the opening, and a float member which floats on the fuel in accordance with the rise of a fuel liquid surface in the tank to displace the lid portion in order to open the opening.