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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Chiaki Kataoka, Nagakute, JP;
Daisuke Tanabe, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/063 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B65D 90/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60K 15/03177 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0346 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03453 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first gap to be eliminated at the time of a compressive deformation of a fuel-tank main body is formed between a lower-side reinforcing member and an upper-side reinforcing member in a fuel-tank main body. A second gap to be eliminated at the time of an expansion deformation of the fuel-tank main body is formed between an opposed member of the lower-side reinforcing member and the upper-side reinforcing member.