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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Chiaki Kataoka, Aichi-gun, JP;
Satoshi Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Masaki Akagi, Okazaki, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
To obtain a fuel tank fuel filler structure with which even a fuel nozzle having a large diameter portion can be inserted easily into a fuel fill inlet and which can highly demonstrate the action of guiding the fuel nozzle to the fuel fill inlet. One end of a guide plate () is rotatably supported on a rotational shaft () disposed on a flapper valve (). The guide plate () is biased by a guide plate biasing spring toward a withdrawal region in which the guide plate withdraws from a passage region of a fuel nozzle. In a state where the flapper valve () is in an open position (HP), the entire guide plate () is positioned in the withdrawal region. In a state where the flapper valve () is in a closed position (TP), the guide plate () can be placed near a fuel fill inlet ().