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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
Norihisa Yamamoto, Aichi, JP;
Junya Kimoto, Obu, JP;
Hirokazu Sugiura, Chiryu, JP;
AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Obu-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to enable an adsorbent disposed in the vicinity of a tank port to be appropriately subjected to a purge when the adsorbent in a canister is subjected to the purge by air, thereby eliminating a non-desorption region of fuel vapor. In a fuel tank according to the present invention, a tank port () that communicates with a space in a fuel tank body (), a purge port (), and an atmosphere port () are formed in a container () of a canister () constituted by a container body () and a cover material (), an inside of the container () of the canister () is configured to be partitioned to form passages (T) and (T) so that insides of the passages (T) and (T) are filled with an adsorbent (C), and the atmosphere port () is provided on one end side in an air flow direction of the passages (T) and (T) and the tank port () is provided on the other end side in the air flow direction of the passages (T) and (T) together with the purge port ().